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SAFETY: <br />All employees go through 8 hours of specialized training before they begin working in the field. <br />They are each given the safety handout below and are required to follow all the procedures. <br />GI Safety Procedures <br />1. Use protective eyewear and earplugs at all times while mowing. <br />2. Wear GI shirts, long pants, and close toed shoes at all times while mowing. <br />3. Walk the lot and look for rocks, trash, branches, etc before mowing. <br />4. Do not put gasoline or oil in machinery unless accompanied by a supervisor. <br />5. Keep hands, feet and face away from blade of mower at all times. <br />6. Do not operate any machinery unless you have been properly trained by a supervisor. <br />7. Operate mowers at a speed that is moderate and comfortable. Work efficiently, but don't <br />go as fast as the mower goes just to get done as fast as you can! <br />8. Be extremely careful when operating machinery on hills. Always try to go perpendicular <br />(up and down the hill .... not side to side) when operating on STEEP hills rather than <br />horizontally. <br />9. Be extra cautious when operating machinery around cars, close to houses, and people <br />as objects can shoot out at any time and damage property or be extremely harmful to <br />people. Stop (disengage the blade) when you are mowing close to a road/sidewalk and <br />cars/people are approaching. <br />10. Make sure the blades are disengaged when you are not in proper mowing position. <br />11. Do not continue to operate machinery if mower is smoking or making abnormal sounds. <br />12. Report any and all injuries to supervisor immediately. <br />*Employees will be able to operate equipment, thus work more hours based on how he/she <br />follows the safety procedures below. <br />10 <br />