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Heavy Equipment Exclusion Zone Management Program 2.7 1. PURPOSE The Exclusion Zone Management Program aims to establish the minimum clearance distance that must be maintained between workers and heavy equipment while the equipment is in operation (i.e., engaged or in motion). The intent is to have no personnel or equipment entering the Exclusion Zone while the equipment is in operation or moving to ensure that Roux and Subcontractor employees are unnecessarily exposed to the hazards of the equipment. 2. SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY This Management Program applies to all Roux Associates, Inc. and its affiliated companies, Roux Environmental Engineering and Geology, D.P.C., and Remedial Engineering(collectively, "Roux")employees and their subcontractors performing fieldwork and are potentially exposed to heavy equipment. Heavy equipment includes, but is not necessarily limited to, excavation equipment, drill rigs, vacuum trucks,forklifts, lull telehandlers, man lifts, bobcats, delivery trucks, etc. 3. PROCEDURES As specified in the following sections of this program, Exclusion Zones must be established and maintained during activities involving the movement/operation of heavy equipment. The Exclusion Zone requirements apply to all personnel on the site but are primarily focused on personnel required to work near the equipment. The exclusion zone is in effect when heavy equipment is moving or engaged (e.g., movement of an arm or bucket of an excavator, rotation of an auger, lifting of a load with a forklift, raising/lowering of a man lift, etc.). 1. The Exclusion Zone must meet the following minimum requirements: • A minimum distance of 10 feet from all heavy equipment and loads being moved by the equipment; • Greater than the swing/reach radius of any moving part on the heavy equipment (i.e., for large equipment, this may mean an exclusion zone distance larger than 20 feet); • Greater than the fall zone of equipment and their contents; and • Greater than the tip-over distance of the heavy equipment. The size of the Exclusion Zone will need to be determined on a task-specific basis considering th size of the heavy equipment in use and the task being performed. Prior to all heavy equipmen operations, the Exclusion Zone(s) distance must be specifically identified in the Job Plannin Process and incorporated in the pre-job tailgate meeting with the subcontractor(s), including an updates • our •• Safety Analysis (JSA). 1 2. The spotter (or another authorized individual) is responsible for enforcing the Exclusion Zone and not conducting any other task. The spotter should be positioned immediately outside of the Exclusion Zone within a clear line of sight of the equipment operator. The spotter must signal the operator to stop work if anyone or anything has the potential to enter or compromise the Exclusion Zone. The operator should stop work if the spotter is not within their line of sight. If a spotter must be within the Exclusion Zone, they must be in a designated area outside the swing/tip radius, fall zone, line of fire of lifted loads, etc. If multiple pieces of equipment are being used, one spotter may be adequate so long as there is a clear line of sight and the spotter can control the zone(s). Radios would be required since hand signals would not be adequate if two pieces of equipment are in operation at the same time in the Exclusion Zone. 03/2025 Corporate Health and Safety Management Program I ROUX 1 1