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31 Safety Regulations and Rules Branch specific safety rules should be established and prepared in typed or printed form for distribution to supervision and employees. Company rules and regulations can be used in total to satisfy this requirement. Also, procedures should be established for the safe operation and handling of specific equipment, process jobs, or machines, such as balers, welders, jacks, lifts, steam jenny, presses, tire machines, compactors, etc.. 0 General Inspections The achievement of safe working conditions requires the elimination of both unsafe physical conditions and unsafe practices. A good inspection should include following: • Regular inspection by supervisors of areas for which they are responsible • Periodic and regular unannounced inspections by the General /Branch Manager • Assignment of specific responsibility for the maintenance of good working conditions • Preventative Maintenance - All branches will have periodic inspections. The frequency of these inspections will be once per month at a minimum. Each branch shall use the company developed checklist or one containing all those items at a minimum. o Safety Lanes —All branches utilizing Commercial motor vehicles (CMV) will establish and maintain a vehicle safety inspection process, to occur at the end of a vehicles shift, where the driver and maintenance personnel communicate directly regarding vehicle condition and performance. This action does not eliminate the daily post -trip required by federal law. Accident Investigations An accident investigation has two immediate purposes; (1) to get all of the relevant facts, and (2) to develop recommendations to prevent a repeat. Use established procedures for accident investigations, time limits for reports, and means for implementing recommendations to prevent reoccurrence. At a minimum, each investigation should include: • Separate Driver /Operator and Passenger statements and a written description of accident. • Vehicle and operator /driver information for all involved parties including witness statements • Accident diagram including vehicle direction, traffic controls and other pertinent information • Be specific regarding the accident location, weather conditions and road surfaces • Communication to Health, Safety and Risk Management within required time frames Refer to Section 2,60, "Accident Reporting and Investigations ", for complete details regarding all procedures associated with accident investigations and/or reporting. 0 Maintenance of Accident Records and Statistics An accident register (list) and all backup documents such as comprehensive accident reports must be kept by each branch for a minimum of one year (Branch Compliance Folder in WISER), to analyze past experience, meet legal requirements, and guide future planning. Pli'avie industria.s i 1!01/11 Rsd ssc. - .