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CONFINED SPACES/EXCAVATIONS Condor employees are not authorized to enter confined spaces without prior written approval from Condor's Corporate Safety Manager or designee. Excavations can be considered confined spaces. Employees are not authorized to enter excavations deeper than 5 feet without proper authorization and without proper shoring of excavation sides which are approved by a professional engineer or OSHA competent person. Samples of excavations should be taken from material in the excavator bucket after it is brought to ground surface. Proper barricades shall be placed around open excavations when work is not in progress. FALL PROTECTION The Site Safety Officer will verify that all Condor employees and its subcontractors are using appropriate fall protection. The three major components of personal fall arrest protection are harness, lanyard and secure anchorage. OSHA requires that fall protection be used anytime someone is working over six feet. TRIP AND SLIP PROTECTION Good housekeeping shall be maintained at the site to prevent trip and slip hazards. HEAT STRESS Heat stress will be a hazard during hot weather and will be intensified when personnel are in protective clothing (if necessary). To prevent heat stress, personnel will be required to take breaks as needed, and consume adequate quantities of liquid. SUNBURN UV radiation is a hazard for outdoor workers. Unprotected exposure can damage the skin, eyes, and immune system. Outdoor workers have more accumulated lifetime exposure to the sun, receive up to 8 times more UV exposure, and have a 60 percent greater risk of developing skin cancer than indoor workers. Workers should use sun screen or sun block to reduce their exposure to UV radiation. Several applications may be required during the course of the day to provide optimum protection. BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS STINGING INSECTS Care should be exercised to avoid bees,yellow jackets, or other stinging or biting insects. CHEMICAL HAZARDS INHALATION Care should be exercised to avoid creating excess dust during sampling activities.Personnel will work up-wind of sampling locations to the extent practical. DERMAL CONTACT Care should be exercised to prevent contact of soil with skin.Use of gloves and disposable clothing(if necessary) will reduce skin contact with soil. INGESTION Eating and smoking will not be allowed within the exclusion zone.