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Affi SAFETY COMMITTEE&SAFETY MEETINGS Our company safety committee will be comprised of members (supervisors and/or employees)of the various departments and management. They will meet on a monthly basis and review the following: 1. Minutes of the previous meeting. 2. Unfinished business of the previous meeting. 3. Self-inspection reports. 4. Discussion of accidents and corrective action taken. 5. Accident trends. 6. New and outstanding recommendations submitted by outside agencies (insurance carrier, fire department, OSHA, etc.) 7. New business. Supervisors will be responsible for holding department safety meetings on a regular basis. Employee attendance and discussion will be documented. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS It is the policy of Tracy Material Recovery Facility and Solid Waste Transfer, Inc., to carry out a thorough program of accident investigation. Supervisory personnel will be primarily responsible for making an investigation of all accidents in their areas of responsibility. Accidents involving fire, death, serious injury or extensive property damage will be investigated by the supervisor, the Operations manager and the President or Vice President. The primary goal of the accident investigation program is the prevention of future similar accidents through the use of knowledge derived from the investigations. Additionally the investigation will be used to prepare reports required by Federal and State law as well as the Worker's compensation Insurance Carrier. These reports are critical in establishing the company and the supervisor's liability under the law. When an employee is injured at work, the supervisor is responsible for taking emergency action to have first aid administered, to obtain professional medical attention as soon as possible and protect other employees and equipment. The supervisor must then begin to investigate the circumstances of the accident. The following procedures have been found to be effective when investigating accidents: 1. Go to the scene of the accident at once. 2. Observe all possible details of accident, do not pass judgment or verbalize your opinion on first impression. 3. Talk with injured person, if possible. Talk to witnesses. Stress getting the facts, not placing blame or responsibility. Ask open-ended questions. 4. Listen for clues in the conversations around you. Unsolicited comments often have merit. 5. Encourage people to give their ideas for preventing a similar accident. 6. Study possible causes,unsafe conditions,unsafe practices. 13