Idaho Admin. Code r. 24.39.80.013 - EMPLOYEE'S RESPONSIBILITY
01.
General
Requirements. (3-31-22)
a. Employees
shall not indulge in activities that create or constitutes a hazard while on
the employer's property or at any time when being transported from or to work
in facilities furnished by the employer. (3-31-22)
b. Employees who are assigned to, or engaged
in the operation of any machinery or equipment , shall ensure that all guards,
hoods, safety devices, etc., that are provided by the employer are in proper
place and properly adjusted. (3-31-22)
02.
Employee Accidents. Each
employee shall make it his individual responsibility to keep himself, his
coworkers, and his machine or equipment free from accidents to the best of his
ability. (3-31-22)
03.
Study
Requirements. So that each worker may be better qualified to cooperate
with his fellow workmen in preventing accidents, he shall study and observe
these and any other safety standards governing his work. (3-31-22)
04.
Employee Responsibilities.
Additional responsibilities of an employee insofar as industrial safety is
concerned shall be as follows: (3-31-22)
a.
Report immediately, preferably in writing, to his foreman or safety coordinator
for the logging operation, all known unsafe conditions and practices.
(3-31-22)
b. Ascertain from the
foreman where medical help may be obtained if it is needed. (3-31-22)
c. Prompt reporting of every accident
regardless of severity to the foreman, first aid attendant, or person in
charge. Such reports are required and are necessary in order that there may be
a record of his injuries. (3-31-22)
d. The employee shall at all times apply the
principles of accident prevention in his daily work and shall use proper safety
devices and protective equipment . No employee shall remove, displace, damage,
destroy, or carry off any safety device or safeguard furnished and provided for
use in any employment, or interfere in any way with the use thereof by any
other person, or interfere with the use of any method or process adopted for
the protection of any employee in such employment, or fail or neglect to do
every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life and safety of
himself and fellow employees, and by observing safe practice rules shall set a
good example for his fellow workmen. (3-31-22)
e. The employee shall not report to the job
impaired by intoxicants or legal or illegal drugs and shall not use intoxicants
or such drugs while on the job. The employer shall prohibit any employee from
working on or being in the vicinity of any job while under the influence of or
impaired by intoxicants or drugs. Employers shall be responsible for the
actions of any employee known to be in an intoxicated or impaired condition
while on the job. (3-31-22)
f. The
employee shall wear, use and properly care for personal protective safety
equipment issued to him. (3-31-22)
g. Workers exposed to head hazards shall wear
approved head protection. (3-31-22)
h. Proper eye protection shall be worn while
performing work where a known eye hazard exists. (3-31-22)
i. The employee should consider the benefits
of accident prevention to himself and to his job. (3-31-22)
j. The employee should make an effort to
understand his job. (3-31-22)
k.
The employee should anticipate every way in which a person might be injured on
the job, and conduct the work to avoid accidents. (3-31-22)
l. The employee should be on the alert
constantly for any unsafe condition or practice. (3-31-22)
m. The employee shall learn first aid.
(3-31-22)
n. The employee should
keep physically fit, and obtain sufficient rest. (3-31-22)
o. The employee should be certain that all
instructions received are understood completely before starting the work.
(3-31-22)
p. The employee should
actively participate in safety programs. (3-31-22)
q. The employee should study the safety
educational material posted on the bulletin boards and distributed by the
employer or safety committee. (3-31-22)
r. The employee should advise inexperienced
fellow-employees of safe ways to perform their work and warn them of dangers to
be guarded against. (3-31-22)
s. It
is the employer's responsibility to ensure compliance with the foregoing
provisions. (3-31-22)
Notes
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