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. 0Cape Environmental Management Inc- Health naHealth&Safety Plan • Before raising the mast, look up to check for overhead obstructions. (Refer to Section 7.1 on Overhead and Buried Utilities). Before raising the mast, all heavy equipment personnel and visitors (with exception of the operator) should be cleared from the areas immediately to the rear and the sides of the mast. All heavy equipment personnel and visitors will be informed that the mast is being raised prior to raising it. For the operation of a drill ng, the operator will only operate from the position of the controls, the operator will shift the transmission controlling the rotary drive into neutral and place the feed control lever in neutral. The operator will shut down the dnll engine before leaving the vicinity of the drill. Throwing or dropping tools will not be permitted. All tools should be carefully passed by hand between personnel or a hoist line should be used. Do not consume alcoholic beverages or other depressants or chemical stimulants prior to starting to work heavy equipment or while on the job. The walls and faces of all excavations in which employees are exposed to danger from moving ground will be guarded by a shoring system, sloping of the ground, or some other equivalent means. • If the stability of adjoining budd rigs or walls is endangered by excavations, shoring, bracing, or underpinning will be provided as necessary to insure their safety. Such shoring, bracing, or underpinning will be inspected dad.y or more often, as conditions warrant, by a competent person, and protection will be effectively maintained. Diversion ditches, dikes, or other suitable means will be used to prevent surface water from entering an excavation and to provide adequate drainage of the area adjacent to the excavation. Water will not be allowed to accumulate in an excavation. Excavations will be inspected by a competent person after every rainstorm or other hazard- increasing occurrence, and the protection against slides and cave-ins will be increased if necessary. Employees will not be permitted to enter excavations that are greater than 5 feet in depth unless the walls have been sufficiently shored, sheeted, braced, or sloped. The sides of excavations less than 5 feet in depth will also be effectively protected if examination of the ground indicates hazardous ground movement may be expected. Unattended boreholes or excavations must be adequately covered or otherwise protected to prevent heavy equipment personnel, site visitors or animals from stepping or falling into the . KO"W2 HSP 16