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. SECTION II STATEMENT OF POLICY The city of Arden Hills recognizes the importance of the health, safety and welfare of each of its employees and to the level of efficient services it provides for its citizens. The purpose of this safety manual is to institute a basic plan of accident prevention. Employee injuries and accidents mean waste and untold suffering for the injured person and his/her family. Waste not only in loss of tax dollars expended for lost time, compensation payments, and repair costs; but it may also mean diminution of the employee's ability to realize his full earning capacity through permanent or extended temporary disabilities. Individual and family suffering resulting from a disabling injury are recognized as a primary loss to the employee so severe that no dollar value can be placed on it. The loss of limb, impaired vision or other crippling injury are often sobering examples of a neglectful attitude toward safety. The success of any safety program, however, demands more than basic rules and plans. It must become a living, workable program through cooperation and support of all levels of management and employees. The responsibilities of the Safety Coordinator, the department and division head, the supervisor and employee have been defined so each will know what is expected. . The importance of safety consciousness must be emphasized in every task performed. It may be instilled by an acute awareness on the part of department and division heads of their primary responsibility in the safety program; and their obligation to effectively place it in operation through their supervisors. Compilation of accident statistics and recognition of job hazards mean little unless they are made a useful tool from which to build a preventive accident program for the future. Any further questions relative to the procedure of this manual should be directed to the office of the Safety Coordinator. .