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C. Employees. Each employee is expected to place safe work practices and identification of unsafe conditions as the highest priority while performing their work duties. Each employee's safety and health commitment includes, but is not limited to, the following: • Using appropriate safety equipment. • Wearing required dress/uniform and footwear. • Warning co-workers of unsafe conditions or practices that could lead to or cause an accident. • Operate equipment only after receiving proper training. • Reporting defective or damaged equipment. • Reporting dangerous, unsafe or unhealthy conditions that exist in the work place as well as throughout the City. • Reporting of all injuries and accidents within twenty-four (24) hours. • Taking proper protective measures to minimize unsafe conditions that could present a hazard to the public resulting from City work. • Maintaining tools and equipment in a proper manner, to ensure that they are in the best possible condition during usage. The Public Works Department has adopted a safety manual. The Police Department has a policy manual that lays out safety policies. Report Injuries It is the injured employee's responsibility to immediately report any work related injury or disease to the employee's supervisor as soon as possible after the injury occurs or the disease is diagnosed. The immediate supervisor is responsible to see that the First Report of Injury is filed with the City Administrator's office within forty-eight (48) hours following the injury. This report is prepared by the supervisor during an interview (if possible) with the injured employee. Political Activity Employees have the right to express their views and to pursue legitimate involvement in the political system. Thus, an employee may be a member of a political party, established political organization or club, attend political meetings, exercise the right to vote free from interference, and seek election or appointment to public office. However, no employee shall directly or indirectly, during hours of employment, solicit or receive funds for political purposes. If any employee is elected or appointed to the City Council, the employee must resign or obtain a leave of absence. Lost and Abandoned Property City employees that find lost or abandoned property in the City of Orono during the course of their employment shall deliver the property to the Police Department. 21 142286x12