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Performing a safety -sensitive function means from the time an employee is ready <br />to work, begins work, and is relieved from all responsibility for performing work. <br />Safety -sensitive functions may include, however, are not limited to the following <br />items: <br />(i) All time on Paul's Welding Inc property, or shipper property, terminal, <br />facility, or other property, or on any public property, waiting to be <br />dispatched, unless the driver has been relieved from duty by Paul's <br />Welding inc. <br />(ii) All time inspecting equipment as required by 49 CFR Part 392 (392.7 & <br />392.8) or otherwise inspecting, servicing, or conditioning any Commercial <br />Motor Vehicle (CMV) at any time. <br />(iii) All time spent at the driving controls of a CMV. <br />(iv) All time, other than driving time, in or upon any CMV except time spent <br />resting in a sleeper berth (the berth must conform to the requirements of <br />49 CFR Part 393.7.) <br />(v) All time loading or unloading, attending a CMV being loaded or unloaded, <br />remaining in readiness to operate the CMV or in giving or receiving <br />receipts for shipments loaded or unloaded. <br />(vi) All time repairing, obtaining assistance, or remaining in the attendance of <br />a disabled CMV. <br />D. Legal Drugs <br />For a drug to be legally prescribed the employee must have a prescription or <br />other written approval in his/her name from a licensed physician for the use of <br />the drug in the course of medical treatment. The prescription or written document <br />must also contain the name of the substance, the quantity/amount to be taken, <br />and the period of authorized use. Any abuse or misuse of legal drugs while <br />performing a safety -sensitive function is prohibited by Paul's Welding Inc. <br />The appropriate use of legally prescribed drugs and non-prescription medications <br />is not prohibited by Paul's Welding inc. However, the use of any substance <br />which carries a warning label that indicates that motor skills, mental functioning, <br />or judgment may be affected; the employee must report this to supervisory <br />personnel immediately. <br />An employee must obtain a written release from the attending physician <br />releasing the employee from performing safety -sensitive duties any time the <br />employee is using a performance altering prescription. <br />2 <br />