Explanation
The Bureau of Workers compensation (BWC) has steadfastly encouraged employers to invest toward the enhancement of occupational health and safety programs and initiatives. This legislation enables the City to do so. It clearly exhibits an ongoing effort to further promote workplace safety, efficient claims management and effective managed care. This contract allows the City to provide industrial hygiene services as required by state and federal law. Since 2004, Safex Inc. has done an outstanding job of responding to the industrial hygiene needs of the City's departments. Continuing the existing contractual relationship with Safex Inc. (Compliance #311365251) enables the administration to achieve its objective of improving the level of workplace safety and decreasing the risk of exposure to injury. This female owed business has helped the City in all aspects of industrial hygiene and safety tasks in an efficient and cost effective manner.
This legislation authorizes the Director of Human Resources to enter into contract with Safex Inc. to provide industrial hygiene services and safety program assistance to all divisions. It is imperative that industrial hygiene services and safety program assistance to all divisions continues without disruption. These services have contributed significantly to the City's ability to again reduce its workplace injury claims and the hours lost as a result of injuries.
EMERGENCY: Emergency action is requested in order that industrial hygiene services and safety program assistance may continue without disruption subsequent to the passage of this legislation.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is being provided from the 2012 Employee Benefit Fund budget for Occupational Safety & Health purposes.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Human Resources to enter into a contract with Safex Inc. for the purpose of providing assistance as may be necessary in industrial hygiene services and safety program assist...
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