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DC-251 (Revised January 2009) BOOK 22 PdGE 728 4. Motor vehicle maintenance, washing and vacuuming which does not require the inmate to be on elevated surfaces more than four feet tall, without appropriate fall protection. Acceptable tall protection would include ladders, standard railings on working surfaces, properly erected scaffolding or a personal fall arrest system. Inmates are not allowed to operate motor vehicles for any reason and cannot be allowed to have the keys for operating a motor vehicle for any reason. 5. Grounds care duties including litter pick up, grass mowing, weed eating, pruning, hedge trimming, leaf blowing, raking, applying herbicides and pesticides, setting out and taking up small plants and bushes. Inmates must be trained by managers and supervisors in the safe operation of any powered equipment. Inmates can be trained to operate riding mowers. All equipment must have manufacturer and OSHA required warning labels, safety guards and devices in good condition. Inmates must receive hazard communication training on all chemicals they work with. They must be provided with all necessary personal protective equipment for the task they are performing. 6. Minor building maintenance duties including painting, caulking, clearing rain gutters and power washing that can be done from the ground, ladder, properly constructed and erected scaffolding or with an approved personal fall arrest system. 7. Right ofway & drainage maintenance using bush axes & shovels. Inmate labor contract duties and tasks are expected to be for basic manual labor, such as those listed above, and normally utilizing manual tools such as shovels, brooms, mops, bush axes, etc. Inmates can be trained to use basic powered Imw7 care equipment, including riding mowers. This list of tasks is not exclusive of others but anything outside the scope of these types of work activities should be discussed with, and approved by, the correctional facility's management before assigning the inmate to perform the proposed duties- C. Inmates are not allowed to perform hazardous duties such as the following: I. Work with electric transmission utility line crews in any capacity. 2. Work within ten feet of any unguarded, energized electrical transmission lines or high voltage equipment, and/or within ten feet of any conductive object involved in a task near unguarded, energized electrical transmission lines or high voltage equipment. 3. Enter any permit required confined space including but not limited to sewer _ manholes, lift stations, water tanks, chlorine contact chambers, utility vaults, salt bins, etc. Disturb any suspected or confirmed asbestos containing materials including but not limited to thermal system insulation, vi ryl floor tiles, flooring mastic, roofing, roofing felts, exterior shingle siding, acoustical ceiling tiles, fire proofing materials, solid wallboard (transite), cement water pipes, cement asbestos, sheetrock or fire doors. Typical work activities which would disturb suspected or confirmed asbestos containing materials are normally part of Page 3 of 6