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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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