(a) The management of the City is sincerely concerned with the safety and welfare of its employees and the public it serves. It acknowledges an obligation as an employer to provide the safest possible working conditions for employees and a safe environment for the public.
(b) The safety program is based on the recognition that:
(1) Accidents produce economic and social loss and impair productivity.
(2) Every employee is entitled to a safe and healthful place in which to work.
(3) Accident prevention is good business, i.e. the cost of accidents is usually greater than the cost of prevention.
(4) Accidents can be controlled by careful planning and training and accurate operations control measures.
(5) An extension of safety awareness to off-the-job activities is in the City's best interest since employees normally suffer more accidents away from work than they do on the job.
(c) The City shall be responsible for establishing safe and healthful working conditions and employees shall be expected to follow safe working practices, obey safety rules and regulations and work in a manner that will maintain high safety standards.
Violations of this provision shall be handled in accordance with the disciplinary provisions of Section 296.02.
(d) The City Manager shall appoint a Safety Coordinator and a Safety Committee. The Safety Coordinator shall be trained to coordinate and guide the overall City safety program. He shall arrange for training sessions in safety for supervisory and managerial personnel. The Safety Committee shall be composed of a member of the Police Department, a member of the Fire Department, a union representative as determined contractually and representatives of the operational departments, and may include persons not employed by the City.
The Safety Committee and the Safety Coordinator, who shall serve as executive secretary of the Committee, shall formulate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the intent of this section.
(Ord. 14-78. Passed 11-28-78.)