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Personal Protective Equipment Policy - Safety Vests/Garments

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The goal of the Department of Transportation is to ensure the safety of all employees. In keeping with this goal the following policy has been adopted.

All Department employees shall be required to wear an approved high visibility safety vest/garment while working within the rights of way of interstate highways, U.S. highways, state roads, any other public roads or any maintenance/construction project, hereafter referred to as a "recognized DOT work site". This is to include the loading and unloading of materials and/or the operation of equipment at any DOT facility or yard.

All visitors shall be required to wear the safety garment while visiting recognized DOT work sites as described above.

It shall be the responsibility of each employee to ensure that his/her safety vest/garment is kept clean/laundered to maintain the reflectivity and visibility the garment is designed to provide. The safety vest/garment shall be worn on top of all other clothing, jackets or garments. No employee shall be allowed to work at a DOT work site without the approved safety garment.

All employees subject to this policy shall be issued an approved safety vest/garment and will be required to sign the Issuing of Personal Protective Equipment Agreement, DOT 1200.

The only exceptions to this policy are:

Use of the Class III ANSI jacket available for employee purchase from the Engineers Association is acceptable.
NOTE: This jacket may be purchased at your discretion and used in place of the approved GDOT issued safety garment but its use is not mandated under any circumstances.
The operation of any ride vehicle while in transit.
Fueling a ride vehicle at a DOT facility or yard.
An employee making repairs and/or performing service to equipment inside a DOT facility or yard.

For purposes of this policy, a ride vehicle is DOT equipment with a prefix of 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 400, 401, 402, and 404.

Violation of this policy shall be grounds for disciplinary action.

The process used to select and approve the vests/garments and other safety equipment may be read in the Manual of Administrative Procedures. Issuance and replacement procedures may also be read in the Manual of Administrative Procedures.

Authored by the Office of General Support, 404-656-5322

Document History:

added to TOPPS: 01/24/01
revised: 12/08/03
reviewed: 05/04/05
reviewed: 09/29/06

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