ORDINANCE NO. 900855
Amending the Administrative Code of Kansas City by
repealing Sections A7.30 through A7.32 of Article VII thereof and enacting four
new sections numbered A7.30 through A7.33 pertaining to the Employee Safety
Program.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section A. That the Administrative Code of Kansas
City is amended by repealing Sections A7.30 through A7.32 of Article VII,
Division 3 thereof entitled "Accident Control - Employee Safety" and
enacting in lieu thereof new Sections A7.30, A7.31, A7.32 and A7.33 of like
subject to read as follows:
Sec. A7.30. STATEMENT OF POLICY
(a) This city government is determined to
maintain the well-being of each city employee by an active and city-wide safety
program. All reasonable measures shall be taken to maintain this program for
the benefits derived by the employees, their families, and the city.
(b) Each of us must accept personal responsibility
in accordance with our positions in maintaining the effectiveness of the
program.
Sec. A7.31. SCOPE OF PROGRAM
(a) APPLICABILITY. The City Safety Program shall
apply to all city employees.
(b) PURPOSE. To establish the framework of authority
and responsibility for a permanent and continuous accident
control-employee safety program.
(c) OBJECTIVE. To effectively control accidents
and enhance employee safety and health, principally by education and training,
eliminating or reducing hazards, establishing and enforcing safe rules and work
practices, and gaining the cooperation of all personnel.
(d) DUTY ASSIGNMENT. All necessary safety
activities and personnel assignments herein required shall be considered as official
duty and as an integral part of satisfactory performance.
Sec. A7.32. OUTLINE OF GENERAL PROGRAM; CITY SAFETY
BOARD
(a) GOVERNING BODY. The City Safety Board is
hereby established as the governing body of the City Safety Program.
(b) MEMBERSHIP OF CITY SAFETY BOARD. The Board
shall consist of one (1) appointed member from each line department, and the
City Manager's office. Appointments will be made by the department head, and
will be for a term of no more than three (3) consecutive years. One member
shall be elected as chairman, on an annual basis. A recording secretary shall
be elected from the Board. The Board may call upon selected safety
professionals from participating departments to serve as advisors as required.
(c) RESPONSIBILITY: The Board shall be responsible
for establishing the overall policy of the safety program and for the
administrative and promotional effort necessary to effectively reduce accidents
and promote employee safety.
(d) OBJECTIVES: Through careful and complete
analyses of certain accidents to:
(1) Establish ways or methods to prevent
future
accidents of similar type or cause.
(2) Upgrade personnel work habits through a
uniform
system of evaluation of safe working procedures.
(e) DUTIES OF THE BOARD:
(1) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
The Board shall publish, and regularly
review, a
City Safety Handbook, which shall contain the basic rules
for safe work within City employment. The handbook shall be issued
to every city worker on or about the first day of employment, and shall be
permanently retained as a guide. As necessary, the Board shall update the
manual to reflect important changes.
(2) ACCIDENT REVIEW
(a) When necessary, the Board shall
review those
accidents referred to it.
(b) The Board shall serve as the final
review for
determining whether an accident shall be ruled
as
preventable or non-preventable.
(c) The Board shall not make any
conclusion of law
violations. Recommendations will be made in an
effort to
establish a uniform policy within the
organizational
structure of the city for improvement in
accident
prevention and loss control.
(d) Recommendations shall be submitted in
written
form, including reasons for recommendations, to
the
department head as applicable.
(e) When accidents are classified as
preventable,
recommendations will be made to be incorporated
in future
training or instruction, if deemed necessary.
(f) When appropriate, the Board will
discuss its
review and analysis of an accident with the
employee(s).
(3) MEETINGS:
The Board shall meet on a quarterly basis,
or more
frequently if required to do so by the volume of
work before it. Members and other personnel will be notified of the
date, time and place of meetings in advance. The Board may meet at
any other time upon the written request of three (3) or more Board members.
(4) CITY SAFETY INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM
APPROVAL
The Board shall review and approve
departmental
safety award programs annually. A departmental
safety awards program must obtain Board approval prior to implementation.
Notification of approvals will be supplied to the Finance Director.
Sec. A7.33 RESPONSIBILITY OF DIRECTORS OF LINE
DEPARTMENTS
The Director of each line department shall
cooperative with the City Safety Board as follows:
(a) Appointing a member of his or her department to
the City Safety Board;
(b) Establishing and implementing department safety
policies and programs within guidelines established by the City Safety Board;
(c) Training department personnel to perform their
work safely and in compliance with present and future laws involving
occupational safety and health;
(d) Taking appropriate disciplinary action in cases
of recurring preventable accidents by the same employee or where damage has
been intentionally inflicted by an employee;
(e) Responding in writing to safety recommendations
of the Board;
(f) With the approval of the Board, developing a
safety awards program;
(1) 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.
(g) Establishing a departmental safety committee,
which, in turn, shall have the following subcommittees where feasible:
(1) Accident Review: To determine whether an
accident
shall be considered preventable or non-preventable.
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.
(2) Driver evaluation and training.
(3) Facilities inspections.
(4) Safe work practices.
(5) Vehicle inspections.
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Approved as to form and
legality:
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Assistant City Attorney