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1. Each volunteer group is expected to maintain insurance sufficient to cover participant injuries and property/ homeowner/ occupant liability. Interfaith requires proof of insurance before we commit to assisting any organization. Groups must file copies of insurance verifications and Workers' Compensation certificates with Interfaith before volunteers can begin work. 2. Groups must be supervised or attended by people who have necessary skills, experience and knowledge to perform each task required. Each group leader shall be responsible for safety education and maintaining safety protocols. 3. Volunteers must evaluate each job for safety issues. Each group must review the relevant safety guidelines and/or specific safety requirements as published by the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation. Each group must identify and incorporate necessary safety requirements, procedures and devices appropriate to each task performed. For example, a group working on a roof is expected to install and use toeholds and ladder tie-downs. Participants must review safety rules and requirements, wear clothing and protective gear (steel-toed shoes, goggles, masks, hard-hats, etc.) recommended for each task. 4. Groups must maintain clear, orderly work sites in order to avoid accidents and wasted materials. Work sites must be cleared, on a regular basis, of debris to include but not limited to: nails, boards, sharp metal, and other potentially dangerous materials. 5. Volunteer group organizers must make every attempt to be realistic in their expectations of what can or cannot be completed in the time available to the group. For example, if the group intends to remove an old roof and install a new one, it is the volunteer organization's responsibility to provide adequate numbers of workers, sufficient and skilled supervision, and enough materials on hand to complete the job. 6. Volunteer groups are expected to finish the jobs they begin. Interfaith does not have the financial or material resources to complete or redo tasks that the volunteer groups begin. Therefore, Interfaith reserves the right to terminate a volunteer activity or project at any time, and/or to charge an organization the full cost of finishing or redoing any work begun by a volunteer group. 7. The foregoing are intended as guidelines and are not to be deemed a warranty by Interfaith, either express or implied, of any work performed by any volunteer group or organization on houses or projects selected by Interfaith. Adopted 1/99  |
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