§ 2-1044. Responsibilities of directors of line departments.

The director of each line department shall cooperate with the city safety board as follows:

(1)

Appointing a member of his or her department to the city safety board.

(2)

Establishing and implementing department safety policies and programs within guidelines established by the city safety board.

(3)

Training department personnel to perform their work safely and in compliance with present and future laws involving occupational safety and health.

(4)

Taking appropriate disciplinary action in cases of recurring preventable accidents by the same employee or where damage has been intentionally inflicted by an employee.

(5)

Responding in writing to safety recommendations of the board.

(6)

With the approval of the board, developing a safety awards program. Each department head shall identify those job classifications which shall be eligible for awards for safe performance, and criteria for such awards, based upon identifiable hazards. Clerical and administrative personnel shall be specifically exempted from receiving monetary awards.

(7)

Establishing a departmental safety committee, which, in turn, shall have the following subcommittees where feasible:

a.

Accident review, to determine whether an accident shall be considered preventable or nonpreventable. A preventable accident shall be defined as one in which the employee failed to do everything he or she could have reasonably been expected to do to prevent it. No committee shall exist for accident review below the department level.

b.

Driver evaluation and training.

c.

Facilities inspections.

d.

Safe work practices.

e.

Vehicle inspections.

(Admin. Code 1967, § A7.33; Ord. No. 900855, 1-10-91)