Common use of Safety System Clause in Contracts

Safety System. (a) All employees must cooperate to the fullest extent in promoting the safety of the ▇▇▇▇▇ in the Company. Safety is part of your job and, under no circumstances, does this Company require of its employees that they shall risk life or limb in carrying on its work. (b) For your protection and that of your fellow employees, you must make sure that you fully understand the nature and risk of any work assigned to you before attempting to proceed with it. If the instructions given you by your immediate superior, fellow worker and/or your ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ are not entirely clear, do not hesitate to ask for further information. (c) Unseemly conduct, including any form of horseplay or of making unnecessary noises, is dangerous and is positively forbidden. (d) Employees must not wear clothing, jewellery or footwear that can readily become tangled in moving equipment. Protective clothing must be worn when conditions necessitate, and all clothing not in use must be kept in lockers provided for this purpose. Protruding rags and loose clothing are a major cause of careless accidents. (e) Hold - Do Not Start" tags are to be used by all mill personnel authorized to perform maintenance work or adjust equipment and, in all instances, before such duties are performed, the tag must be used. Employees using these tags must assure themselves that the proper switch, valve or control has been tagged out and, where possible, double check to be certain. In all cases where push buttons control equipment, said buttons should be pushed at least twice to make sure that the proper switch has been pulled and tagged. (i) A "Hold - Do Not Start" tag shall be hung on any opened electrical switch to indicate that work is being done on equipment controlled by the switch. At no time shall the switch be closed while the tag is on it. Reliance for protection is not to be placed on tags on push buttons because of the possibility of accidental contact with the button and consequent energizing of equipment. There is also the possibility of control circuits becoming defective through moisture, breaking down of insulation, etc., which would also result in energizing of equipment without warning. (ii) Each "Hold - Do Not Start" tag must bear the signature of the men who hung it on the switch. Workmen shall not borrow the "Hold - Do Not Start" tags bearing another person's signature. (iii) In case there are several men or crews performing different types of work independently on a motor or machine, each man or crew ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use his own tag. The tag shall only be removed by these men or foremen when the job is completed after each one has assured himself that all of the men under his direction are in safe position. If the Supervisor thinks it necessary, on major repair work, each man may be required to use his own tag and personally remove it when he completes the work assigned to him. (iv) In case of long jobs extending from one shift to another, the man who tagged the equipment must, before leaving the mill, go to the control with the man who relieves him, remove his tag and see that his relief worker hangs his tag on the control. Failure to follow the proper tag removal procedure will result in the man who neglected to remove his tag before leaving the mill being called from home on his own time to remove it before the equipment can be started. (v) Hold - Do Not Start" tags shall be removed only by the person whose name appears on the tag, except in the case of an emergency, in which event the Master Mechanic and Departmental Superintendent, or their appointees, must make an "on the spot" decision as to the tag removal, after all due safety precautions ha ve been taken. (f) Safeguards must not be removed except for necessary repairs. If removed, they must positively be replaced as soon as work is completed and to prevent accidents where the job has been only partially completed. (g) Employees must not ride on freight elevators except when accompanying a load or otherwise authorized. (h) All accidents must be reported promptly to your ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and all employees, when injured, even to a minor extent, must promptly avail themselves of the First Aid facilities provided at the mill. (I) In the interest of safety, every new employee shall be instructed how to stop machinery which he is required to work around regularly.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Agreement

Safety System. (a) All employees must cooperate to the fullest extent in promoting the safety of the ▇▇▇▇▇ in the Company. Safety is part of your job and, under no circumstances, does this Company require of its employees that they shall risk life or limb in carrying on its work. (b) For your protection and that of your fellow employees, you must make sure that you fully understand the nature and risk of any work assigned to you before attempting to proceed with it. If the instructions given you by your immediate superior, fellow worker and/or your ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ are not entirely clear, do not hesitate to ask for further information. (c) Unseemly conduct, including any form of horseplay or of making unnecessary noises, is dangerous and is positively forbidden. (d) Employees must not wear clothing, jewellery or footwear that can readily become tangled in moving equipment. Protective clothing must be worn when conditions necessitate, and all clothing not in use must be kept in lockers provided for this purpose. Protruding rags and loose clothing are a major cause of careless accidents. (e) Hold - Do Not Start" tags are to be used by all mill personnel authorized to perform maintenance work or adjust equipment and, in all instances, before such duties are performed, the tag must be used. Employees using these tags must assure themselves that the proper switchswitc h, valve or control has been tagged out and, where possible, double check to be certain. In all cases where push buttons control equipment, said buttons should be pushed at least twice to make sure that the proper switch has been pulled and tagged. (i) A "Hold - Do Not Start" tag shall be hung on any opened electrical switch to indicate that work is being done on equipment controlled by the switch. At no time shall the switch be closed while the tag is on it. Reliance for protection is not to be placed on tags on push buttons because of the possibility of accidental contact with the button and consequent energizing of equipment. There is also the possibility of control circuits becoming defective through moisture, breaking down of insulation, etc., which w hich would also result in energizing of equipment without warning. (ii) Each "Hold - Do Not Start" tag must bear the signature of the men who hung it on the switch. Workmen shall not borrow the "Hold - Do Not Start" tags bearing another person's signature. (iii) In case there are several men or crews performing different types of work independently on a motor or machine, each man or crew ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall use his own tag. The tag shall only be removed by these men or foremen when the job is completed after each one has assured himself that all of the men under his direction are in safe position. If the Supervisor thinks it necessary, on major repair work, each man may be required to use his own tag and personally remove it when he completes the work assigned to him. (iv) In case of long jobs extending from one shift to another, the man who tagged the equipment must, before leaving the mill, go to the control with the man who relieves him, remove his tag and see that his relief worker hangs his tag on the control. Failure to follow the proper tag removal procedure will result in the man who neglected to remove his tag before leaving the mill being called from home on his own time to remove it before the equipment can be started. (v) Hold - Do Not Start" tags shall be removed only by the person whose name appears on the tag, except in the case of an emergency, in which event the Master Mechanic and Departmental Superintendent, or their appointees, must make an "on the spot" decision as to the tag removal, after all due safety precautions ha ve have been taken. (f) Safeguards must not be removed except for necessary repairs. If removed, they must positively be replaced as soon as work is completed and to prevent accidents where the job has been only partially completed. (g) Employees must not ride on freight elevators except when accompanying a load or otherwise authorized. (h) All accidents must be reported promptly to your ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and all employees, when injured, even to a minor extent, must promptly avail themselves of the First Aid facilities provided at the mill. (I) In the interest of safety, every new employee shall be instructed how to stop machinery which he is required to work around regularly.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Agreement