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Temporary Contract Worker Safety

Policy:

All firms contracted by the Company, because they are employers, are required by the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide safe and healthy employment to their employees.

The Company as an employer is also responsible for providing a safe and healthful work environment for its employees. Contract work, especially in occupied buildings, may present situations or conditions that may adversely impact on the safety and health of our Company employees.

Responsibilities:

All Company personnel responsible for managing contracts will ensure that:

1. Each contractor is provided with warnings of hazards and information about our Company programs for abating these hazards;

2. Each contractor is informed of our Company's safety, health, and environmental requirements; and

3. The work is conducted in a safe and responsible manner in compliance with applicable regulations and our Company's requirements.

Our Company's Contracting Officer will ensure that the contract language requires the contractor to:

1. Meet all applicable federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations and our Company's requirements;

2. Provide their employees with the necessary training, medical exams, and safety equipment;

3. Submit written comprehensive safety and health plan for the specific contract undertaken;

4. Comply with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and our Company's requirements, with violation being grounds for default of the contract.

Our Project Contracting Officer will:

1. Communicate the contractual, statutory, and other environmental, health and safety requirements to the contractor prior to the start of the contract;

2. Ensure that the contractor's safety and health plan is submitted with their bid package;

3. Ensure that such requirements are addressed in the Request for Solicitation and/or contract paperwork; and

4. Ensure that such requirements are observed.

5. Upon receipt of a report of a noncompliance or any condition which poses a serious or imminent danger to health or safety, issue a request for immediate corrective action from the contractor.