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• No loose fitting clothing, jewelry, or free long hair is permitted near the drilling rig or moving machinery parts. • Before leaving the controls, shift the transmission controlling the rotary drive into neutral and place the feed level in neutral. Before leaving the vicinity of the drill, shut down the drill engine. • Drilling must cease immediately if combustible gas concentrations are equal to or greater than 10 percent of the LEL are detected in the work area. • A first aid kit and fire extinguisher will be available at all times. • If lubrication fittings are not accessible with guards in place, machinery must be stopped for oil and greasing. • Soil should be stockpiled near the well boring for use in smothering any combustion. • The work area around the borehole shall be kept free of obstructions, and free of undue accumulation of oil,water, ice or circulating fluids. • No drilling will occur during impending electrical storms or tornadoes, or when rain, ice, snow, or wind conditions create undue potential hazards. • During freezing weather,do not touch any metal parts of the drill rig with exposed flesh. Freezing of moist skin to metal can occur almost instantaneously. • The driller will not attempt to reach a well or borehole location in a manner that compromises the safety of the rig or crew. • All well or borehole locations will be inspected by the drill crew to ensure that a stable surface exists. • Before raising the drill mast, check for overhead obstructions. • Before the mast of a drill rig is raised, the drill rig must first be leveled and stabilized with leveling jacks and/or cribbing. Re level the drill rig if it settles after initial set up. Lower the mast only when the leveling jacks are down, and do not raise the leveling jack pads until the mast is lowered completely. • The drill rig shall be driven or moved only after the mast has been lowered. • The leveling jacks shall not be raised until the derrick is lowered. • Adequately cover or protect all unattended boreholes to prevent drill rig personnel or site visitors from stepping or falling into the borehole. • Never allow"horsing around" within the vicinity of the drill rig and tool and supply storage areas - even when the drill rig is shut down. 5.1.14 Powered Industrial Trucks The term "powered industrial trucks" refers to motor vehicles designed to operate within an off-highway job site not open to public traffic. The term includes forklifts, tractors (such as BOBCAT-type vehicles), platform lift trucks, motorized hand trucks, and other specialized industrial trucks powered by electric 5-8