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DC -251 (Revised April 2010) BK:00025 PG <br />A. LCOS agrees all inmate project supervisors will receive the Department of <br />Corrections Inmate Orientation Training. Project Supervisors, upon successful <br />participation in Orientation Training, are designated as Custodial Agents. New <br />employees will be scheduled to receive this orientation training prior to being <br />allowed to supervise inmate projects without being accompanied by Correctional <br />Officers. <br />li <br />1. Custodial Agent will be on -site at each workstation. <br />2. Each Custodial Agent will provide the inmate with a job description and will <br />provide the Department of Correction with a periodic inmate work <br />performance evaluation if requested for classification purposes. <br />3. The Custodial Agents of the inmates working under labor contract will <br />provide all safety training, appropriate to the hazards and duties of each task <br />to be performed by the inmate, in accordance with OSHA regulations. This <br />training will include the hazards associated with the task, the proper and safe <br />use of any equipment assigned for performing the work, the hazards <br />associated with any chemicals used in the work, the proper safe work methods <br />for performing the task and the correct use of any personal protective <br />equipment needed to perform the task. This training will be ongoing and <br />documented by the managers and supervisors for the duration of the inmate <br />labor contract. These training records will be made available upon request <br />from any DOP or DOC facility, region or state official, and/or safety <br />inspectors. The training documentation must be signed and dated by the <br />inmate and manager /supervisor who conducted the training. <br />4. Work schedules will be provided by LCOS <br />5. Custodial Agents will designate break areas and ensure that inmates are <br />supervised during all breaks. <br />6. Custodial Agents are to receive annual Orientation training. <br />7. Custodial Agents are to receive briefing in Undue Familiarity and Prison Rape <br />Elimination Act (PREA) as part of Orientation training. <br />IV. Safely Equipment <br />A. The Division of Prisons will provide state issued steel -toed shoes. No inmate will <br />be allowed to work without steel -toed shoes. <br />B. Inmates are required to wear DOP issued high visibility vests where required by <br />safety rules and regulations and/or by Division of Prisons manager's request. <br />C. The town/county/DOT and State will furnish all other personal protective <br />equipment needed according to the OSHA standards, other regulatory guidelines <br />and hazard analyses of the task to be performed. All equipment to be used by <br />inmates in the performance of their assigned tasks must meet all safety <br />requirements for guarding, warning labels, condition and operation as required by <br />OSHA and the manufacturer. <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />