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BOOK 22 PAGE 939 DC-251 (Revised January 2009) 5. Disturb any suspected or confirmed lead based paint by sanding, scraping, cutting; sawing, welding or power washing. Typical work activities which could disturb suspected or confirmed lead based paint are normally part of remodeling, renovation, repair, window case replacement, elecirical/plurrtbing/carpentry work crud preparing surfaces for painting. 6. Perform or participate in sandblasting work. 7. Operate heavy equipment or aerial man lifts of any kind. Some examples of prohibited equipment are: tractors, butt dozers, back hoes, cranes, grade alts, road construction equipment, fork lifts, boom trucks, etc. Inmates are allowed to perform maintenance and repair work on this type of equipment. 8. Perform any task that requires the use of a respirator due to exceeding the contaminant's permissible exposure limits. 9. Work over or in water where a drowning hazard exists, without the appropriate protection, such as: standard railings, personal fall arrest systems, personal flotation devices, ring buoys and/or skiffs, as required by the OSHA standards. 10. Work in trenches or excavations four feet deep or greater. 11. Work on or adjacent to public roads and highways without the proper MUTCD work zone safety set up utilizing the correct traffic control devices and high visibility vests. 12. Operate chain saws. 13. Sit, stand or ride on any piece of equipment in a manner not consistent with the design of said vehicle or machinery while that equipment has its motor rurming or is moving. Examples of prohibited practices include, but are by no means limited to: standing on mower deck, riding in bucket of a loader, riding seated on a trailer hitch. This list of tasks is not exclusive of others that might be considered too hazardous for inmate labor contracts. Any tasks or duties similar to these or in question, in regards to personnel safety, should be addressed with the correctional facility's management before assigning the inmate to perform the proposed duties. Ill. Supervision A. LCOS agrees all innate project supervisors will receive the Department of Corrections Inmate Orientation Training. New employees will be scheduled to receive this orientation training prior to being allowed to supervise innate projects without being accompanied by Correctional Officers. B. 1. Project supervisors will be on-site at each workstation. 2. Each project supervisor will provide the inmate with a job description and will provide the Department of Correction with a periodic inmate work performance evaluation if requested for classification purposes. Pa,,e 4 of 6