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Article 15 - Health and Safety Committee |
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15.01 The Health and Safety Committee is directed to
matters concerning the correction of unsafe conditions and
practices and the maintenance of the cooperative interest in
the safety of the workforce. Minutes will record the business
of each meeting, and copies will be distributed as the
committee determines.
At it’s discretion, the Health and Safety Committee will
make inspections of all job sites.
15.02 The Employer and the Union will each appoint
representatives to the Health and Safety Committee. At least
one Union steward will be selected to the Health and Safety
committee.
15.03
- The Employer agrees to make practicable
provisions for the safety and health of its employees on its
job sites and shop during the hours of their employment. Such
provisions will be made known to all employees at the time of
hire.
- The Union undertakes to give full support to these
objectives by promoting a safety consciousness and a personal
sense of responsibility among its membership.
- It is the
intent of the parties to have working conditions that are not
unsafe or unhealthy beyond the minimum hazards inherent to the
operation of the process in question.
15.04 An employee who is injured on the job during
working hours and is required to leave for treatment for such
injury, will receive payment for the remainder of his daily
shift.
15.05 An employee who is injured on the job and who
requires transportation from the work site to a local
physician or hospital will receive such transportation
provided for by the Employer. Should an employee require
hospitalization for a period of more than one (1) week the
Employer will provide transportation to an available facility
(within Alberta, British Columbia or Saskatchewan) near the
employee's home at no cost to the employee.
15.06 Following a serious accident or an incident which
could have resulted in a serious accident the Health and
Safety Committee will convene as soon as possible to review
the Employers investigation and report to the Union.
15.07 Light Duty Work Programs
- If an employee is injured on the job and requires medical
attention the employee may be entitled to Light Duty Work and
he will inform the attending Physician of the same.
- The
Employer will inform the Physician of the types of light duty
work which may be available to the employee and will make the
same available to the employee with the Physician's approval.
- The Employer will inform the Union office of all employees who
are assigned to light duty work.
15.08 Safety Award
- Safety Awards will be based on eight (8) week time periods
beginning at the start of the project. There will be two (2)
components to the safety awards.
- One is an individual award
and the other a crew award. Both awards will be paid on the
first pay period following the completion of the eight (8)
week time periods.
- The crew award will be paid if there was
a no lost time accident or medical aid involving the Employer’s
workforce on the project during the eight (8) week time
period.
- The individual award will be paid if the
individual had a no lost time accident or medical aid on the
project during the eight (8) week time period.
- Both awards
are defined in Schedule “A”.
- Employees who are
terminated for just cause or who quit prior to the completion
of the project are not eligible to receive safety award
payments.
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