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SITE HEALTH & SAFETY PLAN <br />11.0 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES <br />A. SITE EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM <br />Several warning systems may be utilized depending on the <br />work site conditions or emergency involved: <br />1. Verbal communications <br />2. Vehicle horns <br />Verbal instructions with or without assistance are used <br />to deal with specific incidents. <br />Horn signals are used to signify an emergency warning. <br />One long blast is used on-site to signify emergency <br />evacuation of the immediate work area to a predetermined <br />location upwind, where a head count will be taken and <br />further instructions given. <br />Repeated short blasts are used on-site or from off-site <br />to signify evacuation of all personnel from the site to <br />the hot line where further instructions will be given <br />after a head count is taken. <br />B. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT <br />The following equipment comprises the basic emergency <br />equipment list, of which all or some shall be available <br />at the Project site: <br />1. Fire extinguishers - dry chemical <br />2. First aid kits (including chemical burn kit) <br />3. Combustible gas and oxygen detector analyzers <br />4. Organic vapor detector tubes for Benzene <br />- Drager and/or Sensidyne, or equivalent <br />5. Appropriate spill clean-up supplies and equipment <br />C. GENERAL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES <br />In case of an emergency or hazardous situation, the team <br />member that observes this condition shall immediately <br />sound the alarm. <br />1. Upon hearing an alarm, all non -emergency <br />communications will cease and the member giving the <br />alarm will proceed to give the Project Safety <br />Officer and the Project Superintendent all pertinent <br />information. <br />16 <br />