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Safety Program The City will endeavor through its safety program to assist all departments in their efforts to maintain a safe and healthy work place; provide safe working equipment; inform employees of proper work habits and procedures which will maximize the potential of an accident -free work environment; monitor the existence of proper first aid and emergency equipment and procedures as well as employee knowledge and training in the use of such equipment and procedures; and insure the availability and speedy access of City employees to emergency medical services in the event of an accident or medical emergency. The City safety program provides: a. Safety inspections of the work place environment, machines and equipment, procedures and work habits, as well as access to first aid and emergency medical support access. b. Incident or complaint review of specific work locations, accidents or injuries, machines, or equipment; recommended work habits or procedures to be carried out in the event of a lost -time accident, a reported or suspected health hazard, an employee complaint, or a supervisor's request. C. Safety and protection procedures that make known to employees the existence of potential health hazards, proper protective procedures, and safety and health rules and requirements, as well as emergency procedures. d. Safety education programs which provide safety information and training to employees through demonstrations, training sessions, and verbal and written communications. e. Program enforcement through managers and supervisors who are knowledgeable in safety procedures, who promulgate safe safety attitudes, and who publish and enforce compliance with employee safety and health rules and regulations within the sphere of their work authority. The responsibilities for safety must be shared. a. City Administrator. The City Administrator is provided with the authority to establish, promulgate and enforce City-wide safety and health procedures, rules and regulations. The City Administrator will appoint a safety coordinator who is charged with directing all recommendations for modification to safety and health policies, procedures, standards and practices to the City Administrator. b. Department Heads and Supervisors. Department heads and supervisors will be responsible for instructing employees within their departments on safe practices to be observed in the work place and enforcing safety standards and requirements to the best of their ability and authority. 20 142286x12