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Page 5 Health and Safety Plan and Soil Management Plan Gleason Park Apartments Property April 21,2010 HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN (HSP) GENERAL A low-level hazard exists for exposure of lead-containing soils at the site during future construction and maintenance work. Although risk assessment has demonstrated that the risk is not unacceptable, it is considered prudent to implement basic health and safety measures at the site to limit exposure to lead-containing soils. Potential exposure routes are den-nal contact, inhalation, and incidental ingestion. The measures described herein are limited to procedures to minimize exposure to residual lead in site soils. All other health and safety measures, such as those to address common physical and construction hazards, are the responsibility of future contractors/workers and other site personnel and are not included in the scope of this plan. SAFE WORK PRACTICES During any activities at the site that engages/disturbs site soils, practical measures should be implemented to reduce exposure via dermal contact, inhalation, and incidental ingestion of soils. Safe work practices to be employed during future construction and maintenance work that engages soil at the subject site are as follows: • Any workers whose activities may engage soils at the subject site should be notified of the residual lead conditions and the safe work practices described herein. Workers should read and understand this document. It is the responsibility of the property owners or managers to provide this document to workers and to provide assistance in understanding the infonnation presented in this document (such as translation for non-English speaking individuals). • Dust control measures should be implemented to limit or prevent airborne soil particles during activities that involve soil disturbance. An effective dust control measure is the wetting of exposed soils to limit airborne soil particles. Wetting can be accomplished via liberal sprinkling of exposed soils with a garden hose or other suitable means. Additionally, areas of exposed loose soil could be covered if necessary to prevent wind disturbance. The actual methods used for dust control will depend on the nature of the soil disturbance activity, the size of the area disturbed, soil moisture content, and weather conditions. As a general rule, measures should be implemented so that no visible dust is generated during site activities. • Whereas dennal contact with site soils is not prohibited, such contact should be minimized to the extent practical considering the nature of site activity. Measures to minimize dermal contact include wearing gloves, long pants, and long-sleeved shirts during work that involves significant contact with site soils. All personnel in contact with site soils should wash their hands, face, neck, and anus at the end of the work day.