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THE CITY OF REXBURG SAFETY PROGRAM
OBJECTIVES
Improve workplace safety in each department.
Reduce the number of workplace accidents.
Reduce the cost of the City’s workman’s compensation plan.
PROCEDURES
A City of Rexburg Safety Committee will be organized consisting of one member from Police, Fire, Public Works and City Hall. The method of selection will be left up to the Mayor to choose
someone from City Hall and Public Works. The members from the Police and Fire Departments will be chosen by those departments. One person from the committee will be in charge of calling
the meetings and reporting to the mayor. The person in charge will be rotated each year starting with the City Hall representative.
In December of each program year, every department in the City will be allotted $160 per full time employee as a safety allotment.
Each department or group of departments is required to have one safety meeting per quarter. Attendance is mandatory at all safety meetings and any employee not attending a scheduled
safety meeting will forfeit 25% of his total safety money. Missed safety meetings may be made up at the discretion of that department’s safety coordinator. Each department needs to
appoint one safety coordinator to be responsible for scheduling safety meetings each quarter or combining with other departments for a safety meeting. That person should also make
sure everyone attends or makes up the meeting and that their department’s attendance is reported. The attendance role from each meeting will be submitted to the Mayor or his assistant
by the first day of the following quarter, as well as a list of any employees who missed meetings. The total department safety money allotment will be lowered by 25% if the department’s
quota of safety meetings is not met or if the Mayor does not receive the attendance role and list from any meeting.
In the event of a lost time accident by a full time employee in any department, the Safety Committee will convene within five working days unless mitigating circumstances, and investigate
the accident and its causes and propose any necessary procedural changes. The findings of the Committee will be outlined in writing and submitted to the Mayor within 5 days of the accident.
The Committee and the Mayor will determine whether the employee who had the accident will lose any or all of his safety money. The department will be required to hold an additional
safety meeting within a month of the accident for the purpose of discussing the findings of the Safety Committee, providing training to the employees, or making any warranted changes
to departmental procedure. The attendance role and list from this meeting will be submitted to the Mayor or his assistant by the first day of the following month. If a second accident
occurs within the same department, its total safety money allotment for the year will be lowered by 25%.
Each department’s safety coordinator will submit to the Mayor by November 30th of each year a written report concerning safety within its department. This report could detail the safety
issues the department has dealt with during the year and the steps it has taken to correct those issues, or any innovative plan devised and put in place to increase safety awareness
among department employees. The Mayor will choose the three best papers and each of those departments will be given an award to be determined by him. The supervisor in each department
will be responsible for the dispersal of the safety money to his individual full time employees in December of each year.
Participation in this Safety Program is mandatory for all fulltime employees.
Employee safety evaluations will continue to be important but will not be mandatory. Employees will be able to log any unsafe conditions they may encounter on the City website and receive
an update on how each were handled.