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SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT The Village of Gowanda maintains that its residents and employees are its most important asset. Therefore, their safety is our greatest responsibility. Safety is a combined effort on tlie part of both management and employees through training and cooperation. In all of our assignments, the health and safety of all should be the utmost consideration. Our primary goal is to produce an atmosphere free from potential accidents, fire hazards and health problems. When consistently incorporated with other management efforts, loss control techniques have a profound effect on the reduction of personnel injuries, property damage, and work interruptions. By placing continual emphasis on the refinement of operational procedures, employee discipline, and healthful working conditions, it is possible to virtually eliminate the major causes if municipal losses. Every Department Head is responsible for developing mental attitudes of safety among all the personnel under his or her supervision and establishing a safety program in conjunction with the Village Safety Committee that will eliminate unsafe conditions that can cause unnecessary injuries and accidents. It will also be the Departments Head’s responsibility to follow all Federal, State and Local standards in putting the Safety Program into effect. Every assignment must have safety precautions built into them and the employees shall comply with all safety standards and regulations. Safety is a mental attitude, everyone must think safety. It shall be the Village Safety Committees responsibility to coordinate the efforts of all departments so that all employees constantly think safety. Safety adherence and performance will be considered an important measure of supervisory and employee performance evaluations at the municipality.