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Health and Safety Plan 455 E lith St Tracy,California 3.3.10 Heavy Equipment Operation Physical hazards can arise from loading and off-loading heavy equipment from tractor-trailers and locating equipment to designated areas of use. Hazards will be mitigated by personnel avoiding close proximity to moving equipment and immovable objects. Belts and rotating parts have the ability to injure, crush, or amputate body parts and limbs. Personnel will avoid contact with any moving part.Any loose items will be removed before working around moving or rotating equipment.Any moving parts that can be guarded will have an appropriate machine guard installed. Equipment will not be operated without the proper guards in place. Repairs/adjustments will be done with the equipment stopped and locked out as appropriate. The following measures will be implemented for heavy equipment operation: • The minimum required work uniform for all field personnel (e.g. Level D protection) shall be general work clothes, steel-toed construction boots ANSI approved,safety goggles or glasses,work gloves, high visibility vest, hearing protection,and a hard hat (American National Standards Institute(ANSI) approved). • Adequate workspace shall be maintained during equipment operation. • Equipment shall be inspected for proper working condition prior to use. • Field personnel shall only approach operating equipment from the operator's angle of view, and only after making eye contact with the equipment operator. • A 10-foot perimeter will be maintained around all active equipment as a "Danger Zone". • Only trained and qualified persons shall operate individual equipment. 3.3.11 Traffic Hazards While heavy vehicular traffic is not anticipated at the Site. However,employees should always follow: • Park work vehicle between on-coming traffic and work zone to the extent feasible • Demarcate the work zone with high visibility traffic cones • Wear high visibility vest(minimum of Class II vest per Caltrans specification) • Follow all laws regarding pedestrian crossing of streets • Traffic considerations should be made to minimize driver frustration and confusion • Provide as much barrier between work area and traffic lanes as practicable • When possible, employees should not walk between the traffic cones and the active lane of traffic. • Equipment and supplies should be unloaded from the back of the vehicle or the sidewalk side of the vehicle to minimize the potential to travel in the active traffic lane Terraphase Engineering Inc. Appendices