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BOOK 4, PAGE 783
<br />DC-251 (Revised 05/18/07)
<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 must receive hazard communication
<br />training on all chemicals they work with. They must be provided with all
<br />necessary personal protective 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 />I Enter any permit required confined space including but not limited to sewer
<br />manholes, lift stations, water tanks, chlorine contact chambers, utility vaults,
<br />salt bins, etc.
<br />4. Disturb any suspected or confirmed asbestos containing materials including
<br />but not limited to thermal system insulation, vinyl floor tiles, flooring mastic,
<br />roofing, roofing felts, exterior shingle siding, acoustical ceiling tiles, fire
<br />proofing materials, solid wallboard (transite), cement water pipes, cement
<br />asbestos, sheetrock or fire doors. Typical work activities which would disturb
<br />suspected or confirmed asbestos containing materials are normally part of
<br />renovation or demolition projects which require removal or destruction of
<br />existing materials, equipment or structures.
<br />5. Disturb any suspected or confirmed lead based paint by sanding, scraping,
<br />cutting, sawing, welding or power washing. Typical work activities which
<br />could disturb suspected or confirmed lead based paint are normally part of
<br />remodeling renovation, repair, window case replacement,
<br />electrical/plzmabing/carpentry work and preparing surfaces for painting.
<br />6. Perform or participate in sandblasting work.
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