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DC-251 (Revised April 2010) <br /> Inmates are not allowed to operate motorized floor cleaning equipment <br /> designed to transport the operator. <br /> 2. Furniture, fixtures,windows and cabinetry cleaning, dusting and/or polishing <br /> that is done from the floor or a step ladder. <br /> 3. Custodial duties such as emptying trash cans,carrying out trash,restocking <br /> supplies in restrooms,moving furniture, and setting up furniture. <br /> 4. Motor vehicle maintenance,washing and vacuuming which does nig require <br /> the inmate to be on elevated surfaces more than four feet tall,without <br /> appropriate fall protection. Acceptable fall protection would include ladders, <br /> standard railings on working surfaces,properly erected scaffolding or a <br /> personal fall arrest system.Inmates are not allowed to operate motor vehicles <br /> for any reason and cannot be allowed to have the keys for operating a motor <br /> vehicle for any reason. <br /> 5. Grounds care duties including litter pick up,grass mowing,weed eating, <br /> pruning,hedge trimming, leaf blowing,raking,applying herbicides and <br /> pesticides,setting out and taking up small plants and bushes.Inmates must be <br /> trained by managers and supervisors in the safe operation of any powered <br /> equipment. Inmates can be trained to operate riding mowers.All equipment <br /> must have manufacturer and OSHA required warning labels, safety guards <br /> and devices in good condition. Inmates applying herbicides and pesticides <br /> must be trained and closely supervised by a duly licensed applicator <br /> responsible to insure the inmate follow regulations and safe work practices. <br /> Inmates must receive hazard communication training on all chemicals they <br /> work with. They must be provided with all necessary personal protective <br /> equipment for the task they are performing. <br /> 6. Minor building maintenance duties including painting,caulking, clearing rain <br /> gutters and power washing that can be done from the ground, ladder,properly <br /> constructed and erected scaffolding or with an approved personal fall arrest <br /> system. <br /> 7. Right of way&drainage maintenance using bush axes&shovels. <br /> Inmate labor contract duties and tasks are expected to be for basic manual labor, <br /> such as those listed above, and normally utilizing manual tools such as shovels, <br /> brooms, mops, bush axes, etc. Inmates can be trained to use basic powered lawn <br /> care equipment, including riding mowers. This list of tasks is not exclusive of <br /> others but anything outside the scope of these types of work activities should be <br /> discussed with, and approved by, the correctional facility's management before <br /> assigning the inmate to perform the proposed duties. <br /> C. Inmates are not allowed to perform hazardous duties such as the following: <br /> 1. Work with electric transmission utility line crews in any capacity. <br /> 2. Work within ten feet of any unguarded, energized electrical transmission lines <br /> or high voltage equipment, and/or within ten feet of any conductive object <br /> involved in a task near unguarded, energized electrical transmission lines or <br /> high voltage equipment. <br /> Page3 of7 <br />