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OU I <br /> n i <br /> 'AlfllpL <br /> • Use chains, hoists, straps, and any other equipment to safely aid in <br /> moving heavy materia's. A minimum of a four-point suspension will be <br /> used to move *hese items. <br /> The path for transporting materials wi, 1 be checked for slip, trip <br /> and fall hazards prior to initiating transport tasks. <br /> Proper personal lifting techniques should be emphasized, Supervisors <br /> shall demonstrate the use of the legs rather than the back for lift- <br /> ing during in the Tailgate Safety Meeting. <br /> 4.9.4 _Excavation Safety <br /> E'! <br /> v. 4.9.4.1 Hazard Assessment <br /> At the beginning of the project, at the beginning of each work shift, or as <br /> often as necessary to ensure safaty, a competent person shall conduct an area <br /> 4 survey to locate potential hazards and determine appropriate safety control <br /> measures. <br /> -� 4.9.4.2 Excavation Safety. Procedures <br /> If excavation of contaminated soil to a depth greater than five feet: occurs <br /> and entry by workers is needed, Cher, safety precautions must ua adhered to as <br /> .. specified in OSHA regulations 29 CFR 1926.650. The Supervisor shall question <br /> the real need to enter a trench greater than three feet deep. Remote sampling <br /> and/or excavation equipment should be used where possible. <br /> jj As a minimum, the following rules shall be strictly observed: <br /> • Excavations into which employees may be required to descend shall be <br /> sloped (1-to-1), benchad, or shored, if they are more than fivZ feet <br /> in depth. <br /> Excavation spoils shall be placed no closer to the edge of the exca- <br /> vation than one excavation depth away. <br /> • <br /> No employee will work <br /> adjacent to any excavation anti] a reasonat,3e <br /> exQ-0 nation of same has been made to determine that no conditions <br /> >: jt exist exposing them to injury from moving around. <br /> • Trees, boulders, overhead lines or cables, and other surface:encum <br /> _ --brances-located- so-as-to-create--a-hazard-to-employees Involved <br /> excavation or in the vicinity: thereof at any time during operations <br /> will be removed or made safe before excavating is tiegun. <br /> D-20 <br /> _A:ENG:9204-AppD/03!19? <br /> s <br />