Athens City Code

The city, in electing to update its established program plan, will maintain an effective occupational safety and health program for its employees and shall:

1. (1) Provide a safe and healthful place and condition of employment that includes:
   1. (a) Top management commitment and employee involvement;
   2. (b) Continual analysis of the worksite to identify all hazards and potential hazards;
   3. (c) Development and maintenance of methods for preventing or controlling existing or potential hazards; and
   4. (d) Training for managers, supervisors, and employees to understand and deal with worksite hazards.
2. (2) Acquire, maintain and require the use of safety equipment, personal protective equipment and devices reasonably necessary to protect employees.
3. (3) Make, keep, preserve, and make available to the state commissioner of labor and workforce development, his designated representatives, or persons within the state department of labor and workforce development to whom such responsibilities have been delegated, adequate records of all occupational accidents and illnesses and personal injuries for proper evaluation and necessary corrective action as required.
4. (4) Consult with the state commissioner of labor and workforce development with regard to the adequacy of the form and content of records.
5. (5) Consult with the state commissioner of labor and workforce development, as appropriate, regarding safety and health problems which are under a standard promulgated by the state.
6. (6) Provide reasonable opportunity for the participation of employees in the effectuation of the objectives of this program, including the opportunity to make anonymous complaints concerning conditions or practices injurious to employee safety and health.
7. (7) Provide for education and training of personnel for the fair and efficient administration of occupational safety and health standards and provide for education and notification of all employees of the existence of this program.

(Code 1972, § 1-1402; Code 1995, § 4-302; Ord. No. 872, 12-19-2000; Ord. No. 912, 6-17-2003; Ord. No. 989, 7-20-2010)