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AECOM Signals shall be capable of being perceived above ambient noise by all employees in the affected portions of the workplace: o One Blast: General Warning—A relatively minor and localized, yet important, on-site event.An example of this type of an event would be a minor chemical spill where there is no immediate danger to life or health yet personnel working on the site should be aware of the situation so that unnecessary problems can be avoided. If one horn blast is sounded, personnel shall stop all activity and equipment on-site and await further instructions from the SSO; o Three Blasts: Medical Emergency—A medical emergency for which immediate first aid or emergency medical care is required. If three horn blasts are sounded, all First Aid Providers should respond as appropriate.All other activity and equipment should stop and personnel should await further instructions from the SSO; o Three Blasts Followed by One Continuous Blast: Immediate Threat to Life and Health— A situation that could present an immediate danger to life and health of personnel onsite. Examples include fires, explosions, large hazardous chemical release, severe weather- related emergencies, or security threats. If three horn blasts followed by a continuous blast are sounded, all activity and equipment shall stop.All personnel shall evacuate the site and meet in the designated assembly area where the SSO will account for all employees.The SSO will arrange for other emergency response actions if necessary. Information concerning the need to follow decontamination procedures during an emergency evacuation will be addressed in the Location Specific Emergency Response Plan; • The SSO or his designate will acknowledge the distress signal with two short blasts on the air- horn or whistle; • One Continuous Blast Following Any of the Above:All Clear/Return to Work—Personnel who sound the initial alarm are required to send an all clear signal when the emergency is over. 4.6.10 Accounting Method for All Employees after Evacuation The SSO is responsible for determining that all AECOM employees have been successfully evacuated from the work area(s): • It is the responsibility of each AECOM subcontractor to verify that all of its employees evacuated the site and to report this information to the SSO.All employees shall meet at the designated assembly area; • A headcount is an acceptable way to determine complete evacuation when the field team is of a small size.The site log-in book or equivalent should be referenced when attempting to account for more than 10 people. In the event of a facility-related emergency, the SSO shall notify facility representatives that all AECOM employees and AECOM subcontract employees have successfully evacuated the work area(s); • The SSO shall notify emergency responders if any employee is unaccounted for and where on the site they were last seen; • In the event of a project-related emergency, the SSO will provide off-site emergency responders or on-site HAZMAT teams or fire brigades(Incident Commander)with all available knowledge about the emergency situation upon their arrival to the scene. 4.6.11 Employees Who Remain to Operate Critical Site Operations Before They Evacuate All equipment and operations are required to cease in accordance with the established alarm signal procedures. The only exception will be related to health and safety: • The SSO shall determine at the time of the emergency if health and safety will be jeopardized by immediate stoppage of any particular piece of equipment; Hazardous Waste Operations(S3AM-117-PR1) Revision 3 July31,2019 PRINTED COPIES ARE UNCONTROLLED. CONTROLLED COPY IS AVAILABLE ON COMPANY INTRANET. 15 of 21