CAC Employee Handbook June 2024

Safety & Health

Safety & Health

Community Animal Clinic is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment for all employees, animals, owners, and other visitors to the Clinic. Safe behavior on the part of employees must be part of all operations. No job will be considered complete unless employees and Community Animal Clinic have followed every safety precaution to protect themselves, fellow employees, patients and clients.

It is Community Animal Clinic’s responsibility to provide a safe working area, to provide proper safety equipment, to establish safety rules and to provide training.

It is each employee’s responsibility to use all safety devices, appropriate personal protective equipment, follow all safety rules, report any unsafe working conditions to Dr. Beamer and to work in a safe and responsible way. It is the responsibility of each employee to maintain a clean and orderly work environment in all practice areas in order to protect employees, animals, owners, and other visitors to the Clinic. Whether a person’s or animal’s immune system is compromised or not, it is crucial that employees, animals, owners and other visitors to the Clinic are confident that they are being treated in a safe and healthy environment. Community Animal Clinic is, and will continue to be, a safe place to work. Safety is a joint responsibility between the Clinic and its employees. Accordingly, employees’ identification of not only known, but also potential hazards, is an integral component of the Clinic’s commitment to providing a safe working environment for all employees. We need employees’ identification of potential hazards as your contribution is important to the safe operation of the Clinic. Each employee is expected to observe standard safety practices and to exercise caution in all work activities at Community Animal Clinic and to assist others in doing the same. Employees must immediately report any unsafe condition to Dr. Beamer (or an Associate Veterinarian onsite). This is the primary means by which to prevent work-related injury and illness. Each new employee is required to have a current (within the prior 3 years) tetanus shot before beginning work. It is the responsibility of the new employee to have this done and documented by their physician or the Health Department.

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