Accident Review Procedure. The City's Risk Manager and the Union Safety Chairperson shall conduct joint investigations of any accident involving the death of an employee or serious disabling injury causing potential extended periods of disability or permanent disability. The City's Risk Manager shall prepare a written report of the accident investigation findings. Such report shall be amended to incorporate any supplemental or exception report of the Union Safety Chairperson or any employee or Management employee involved. Such investigation shall be completed as soon as possible. A copy of the final accident investigation report shall be filed with the Central Safety Committee and the Union President for review and advisory recommendation to the City Manager.
Accident Review Procedure. The following procedure will be followed in determining the action which shall be taken when an employee authorized to operate a vehicle owned or leased by the Board of Education is involved in an accident resulting in personal injury, death, or property damage in excess of $500.00. Absent some evidence of the dollar amount of the damage, the Business Manager shall make the appropriate assessment, utilizing whatever assistance he/she deems necessary. A written report of all accidents shall be filed by the employee with the Buildings and Grounds Manager within 24 hours of the accident, on forms supplied by the Buildings and Grounds Manager’s Office, or during the immediately following workday, unless illness or injury to the employee prevents such, in which case the report shall be filed on the day the employee returns to work. If property damage is involved in an accident, the initial estimate of such damage shall be made by the Buildings and Grounds Manager or his/her designee, which designee may be an insurance company or adjustor or vehicle repair shop. Whenever an employee is driving a District vehicle on public roadways or through parking lots and there is physical contact between it and another vehicle or stationary object while the District vehicle is in motion, with any resulting damage to either vehicle or other object, but which is insufficient to warrant an accident report, the driver of the District vehicle shall file an incident report on such forms as may be prescribed by the administration. Upon the third filing of such incident report during a year, the driver may be required to attend a hearing to explain the cause of such incidents, and/or may be require to take corrective action to avoid such incidents in the future. Continuation of such incidents may lead to disciplinary action against the driver. Three persons shall serve on a Review Panel to review the facts and circumstances of the accident. These persons will be:
Accident Review Procedure. The following procedure will be followed in determining the action which shall be taken when an employee authorized to operate a vehicle owned or leased by the Board of Education is involved in an accident resulting in personal injury, death, or property damage in excess of $500. Absent some evidence of the dollar amount of the damage, the Business Manager shall make the appropriate assessment, utilizing whatever assistance he/she deems necessary. A written report of all accidents shall be filed by the employee with the Business Manager within 24 hours of the accident, on forms supplied by the Business Manager's Office, or during the immediately following workday, unless illness or injury to the employee prevents such, in which case the report shall be filed on the day the employee returns to work. If property damage is involved in an accident, the initial estimate of such damage shall be made by the Business Manager or his/her designee, which designee may be an insurance company or adjuster or vehicle repair shop. Three persons shall serve on a Review Panel to review the facts and circumstances of the accident. These persons will be:
Accident Review Procedure. 1. The Director of Transportation Services shall investigate all accidents and render a decision as to whether it is preventable or non-preventable within twenty (20) working days following said accident. This time limit may be extended by mutual consent of the District and the Union. Standards established by the National Safety Council will be used to determine preventability. The recommendations of the Director of Transportation shall be followed unless, within twenty (20) working days of notification, the employee, with knowledge of the Union, wishes to dispute the Director's recommendations. To request a review by the Accident Review Committee, the driver will submit, in writing, a request for review to the Director of Transportation. In which case, the dispute shall be referred to the Accident Review Committee for further action.
Accident Review Procedure. The Committee will meet as necessary to conduct accident reviews. The Committee will use the National Safety Council Safe Driver Award Rules guidelines and the For Experts Only booklet to make these determinations. Valley Transit will provide copies of these documents in an accessible location for committee members to review at their leisure. Accidents will be reviewed and determined within thirty-five (35) days of the occurrence of the accident unless a reasonable request for an extension is mutually accepted between Valley Transit and the Union. The format of the meetings will generally include: a review of all reports and documentation relating to the accident, a vote of the Committee by secret ballot, and the counting of ballots by the chairperson. All voting members of the Committee must be present and must cote to validate the decision. However, Accident Review Committee members shall not review an accident involving their spouse, domestic partner, or sibling. If the Committee is tied on a decision, the General Manager will review the accident and cast the final ballot. All accident reports, determination decisions, and request for appeals will be forwarded to the Operations Manager. The Operations Manager will be responsible for the tracking of accidents and for the scheduling of accident review meetings. Following the review of an accident, the accident Review Committee will decide and notify the employee of its decision within five (5) days.
