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Heavy Equipment Exclusion Zone Management Program 2.7 3. If an individual must enter the Exclusion Zone, the designated Spotter must signal the Equipment Operator to stop the equipment. Once the equipment is no longer moving (e.g., movement of an arm of an excavator is STOPPED, lifting of a load with a forklift STOPPED, raising/lowering of a man lift is STOPPED, etc.), the operator must bring the boom/arm to the ground ensuring a "Zero Energy State" and DISENGAGE THE CONTROLS and STOP and SIGNAL BY"SHOWING HIS HANDS."This signal will indicate that it is safe for the person to enter the limits of the Exclusion Zone to perform the required activity. The equipment must remain completely stopped/disengaged until all personnel exited the Exclusion Zone's boundaries and the designated Spotter has signaled by"SHOWING HIS HANDS" to the Equipment Operator that it is safe to resume operations. 4. When entering the limits of the Exclusion Zone, personnel must, at a minimum: • Establish eye contact with the operator and approach the heavy equipment in a manner that is in direct line of sight to the Equipment Operator; • Never walk under any suspended loads or raised booms/arms of the heavy equipment; and • Identify a travel path free of Slip/Trip/Fall hazards. 5. The Exclusion Zone should be delineated using cones with orange snow fences or solid poles between the cones, barrels, tape, or other measures. For work in rights-of-way, rigid barriers, such as Jersey barriers or temporary chain link fences, should be used. For certain types of widespread or moving/mobile equipment operations, such delineation may not be practicable around equipment or individual work areas. In such instances, it is expected that the entire operation will be within a larger secure work area or that additional means will be utilized to ensure the security of the work zone. planningAll subcontractors who provide heavy equipment operations to field projects must implement program that meets or exceeds the expectations described above, as well as any additiona requirements that may be required on a client or site-specific basis. Logistics involving heav equipment should be understood and discussed prior to the field event during the jo • 3.1 Exceptions It is recognized that certain heavy equipment activities may require personnel to work within the limits of the Exclusion Zone as specified in this program. Such activities may include certain excavation clearance tasks, drill crew activities, or construction tasks. However, any such activity must be pre-planned, emphasizing limiting the amount and potential exposure of any activity required within the zone. The critical safety steps to mitigate the hazards associated with working within the Exclusion Zone must be defined in the JSA and potentially other project-specific plans (i.e., critical lift plans, etc.), and approved by the Roux Project Principal (PP), Office Health and Safety Manager (OHSM) and client representative, if required, prior to implementation. 4. TRAINING Many Roux projects have different requirements that are client-specific or site-specific in nature. However, all Roux employees are provided initial training, as well as annually thereafter, on our Heavy Equipment Exclusion Zone policy. 5. STOP WORK AUTHORITY All Roux employees and their subcontractors have stop-work authority. Upon initial hire,all Roux employees are provided initial safety orientation, including stop work authority.All Roux employees and subcontractors are encouraged to stop work whenever any task or operation presents an unreasonable risk or employees 03/2025 Corporate Health and Safety Management Program I ROUX 12