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/�_COM Imagine /� Delivered, Americas Highway and Road Work S3AM-306-PR1 1. Purpose and Scope To address potential hazards that may occur while working on public or private roadways or within the right-of-way of a public or private roadway. • This procedure applies to all AECOM Americas-based employees and operations and any other entity and its personnel contractually required to comply with this document's content. • This procedure is designed to assure that work on highway and roads meets the requirements established in federal, state, provincial, territorial, and local department of transportation laws, regulations, and guidance Qurisdictional requirements and guidance). If discrepancies exist between this procedure and other applicable materials,the most stringent option shall be selected. Procedure 2.1 Planning Work in a Highway or Road Setting 2.1.1 The Project Manager will prepare an SH&E Plan consistent with S3AM-209-PRI Risk Assessment& Management and include a thorough assessment of all hazards. Priority shall be placed on eliminating the need to place workers on an active roadway,followed by using barriers to physically separate workers from traffic. PPE and other warning devices that do not offer substantial protection from moving vehicles and equipment will be selected and used in combination with more advanced controls. 2.1.2 Traffic Control Plans and Traffic Protection Plans ■ For work that occurs in the right-of-way(area that includes the traveled way, shoulders, and clear zone)or may otherwise expose workers to the motoring public, a Traffic Control Plan shall be developed and incorporated directly into the SH&E Plan or included as a separate Plan by attachment or reference.This applies to both long and short duration activities in/or adjacent to roadways even when not required by a local jurisdiction. ■ For work within a worksite that involves the movement of vehicles or equipment, a Traffic Protection Plan shall be developed and incorporated directly into the SH&E Plan by or included as a separate Plan by attachment. ■ Pedestrian traffic will be accommodated by separating, rerouting or otherwise isolating pedestrian traffic from the work zone to eliminate issues of pedestrian right of way. In cases where this cannot be accommodated, then control measures to assure pedestrian right of way through the work zone shall be included in the Traffic Control Plan and/or Traffic Protection Plan. 2.1.3 Applicable jurisdictional requirements and guidance as well as industry standards and best practices shall be consulted during plan development and appropriate control measures established.These include the Occupational Health and Safety regulations and associated standards or guidebooks, and local jurisdictional manuals on the uniformity of traffic control devices in temporary construction, maintenance, and utility work zones(e.g., U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Ontario Traffic Manual Book 7, etc.). 2.1.4 Additional risk-specific plans may be necessary for specialized work. Examples include fall protection, respiratory protection,work over water, confined spaces, hazardous materials/waste, tunneling/blasting, heat/cold stress, excavation, heavy equipment operation, aerial lifts, and hearing conservation. ©AECOM Restricted Highway and Road Work(S3AM-306-PR1) Revision 6 April 28,2020 PRINTED COPIES ARE UNCONTROLLED. CONTROLLED COPY IS AVAILABLE ON COMPANY INTRANET. 1/8