GBE-AR: Staff Health and Safety - Safety Rules
Code: GBE-AR
Revised/Reviewed: 10/14/10
Employees shall conduct their work in compliance with the safety rules of the district such as:
- All injuries shall be reported immediately to the person in charge or other responsible representative of the district;
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It is the duty of all employees to make full use of safeguards provided for their protection. It shall be the employee’s responsibility to abide by and perform the following requirements:
- An employee shall not operate a machine unless guard or method of guarding is in good condition, working order, in place and operative;
- An employee shall stop the machine or moving parts and properly tag-out or lock-out the starting control before oiling, adjusting or repairing, except when such machine is provided with means of oiling or adjusting that will prevent possibility of hazardous contact with moving parts;
- An employee shall not remove guards or render methods of guarding inoperative except for the purpose of adjustment, oiling, repair or setting up a new job;
- Employees shall report to their supervisor any guard or method of guarding that is not properly adjusted or not accomplishing its intended function;
- Employees shall not use their hands or any portion of their bodies to reach between moving parts or to remove jams, hang-ups, etc. (Use hook, stick, tong, jig or other accessory.);
- Employees shall not work under objects being supported that could accidentally fall (such as loads supported by jacks, the raised body of a dump truck, etc.) until such objects are properly blocked or shored;
- Employees shall not use defective tools or equipment. No tool or piece of equipment should be used for any purpose for which it is not suited and none should be abused by straining beyond its safe working load.
- Employees shall not remove, deface or destroy any warning, danger sign or barricade or interfere with any other form of accident prevention device or practice provided which they are using or which is being used by any other worker;
- Employees must not work underneath or over others thereby exposing them to a hazard without first notifying the other employee(s) or seeing that proper safeguards or precautions have been taken;
- Employees shall not work in unprotected, exposed or hazardous areas under floor openings;
- Long or unwieldy articles shall not be carried or moved unless adequate means of guarding or guiding are provided to prevent injury;
- Hazardous conditions or practices observed at any time shall be reported as soon as practicable to the person in charge or some other responsible representative of the employer;
- Employees observed working in a manner which might cause immediate injury to either themselves or other workers shall be warned of the danger;
- Before leaving a job, workers shall correct, or arrange to give warning of, any condition which might result in injury to others unfamiliar with existing conditions;
- Good housekeeping methods shall be observed in all operations. Materials shall be so handled and stored as to minimize falling, tripping or collision hazards;
- Working and storage areas and passageways shall be kept free of unnecessary obstructions. No loose object shall be placed in any area where its presence will necessitate employees crowding between such objects as moving machinery, steam pipes or other objects with which contact would be dangerous;
- Any materials which might cause an employee to slip or fall shall be removed from floors and other treading surfaces immediately or suitable means or methods shall be used to control the hazardous condition;
- All sharp, pointed or otherwise hazardous projections in work areas shall be removed or rendered harmless.
