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and vehicle operators will contact a supervisor immediately and the supervisor will respond and evaluate the situation. The following safety measures are taken while using the compactor on the tipping floor: • Only qualified personnel operate the compactor. • All personnel working on the tipping floor are made aware that the compactor is being used on the tipping floor and to maintain a minimum distance of 100' away from the compactor. The operator of the compactor will communicate via a portable radio to personnel on the tipping floor when the compactor will be in operation. The operator will not proceed to operate the compactor until he receives acknowledgment from personnel working on the tipping floor. • All personnel on the tipping floor are required to wear highly visible safety vests, safety glasses, and hard hats. • Radio communication is maintained at all times between equipment operators and personnel working on the tipping floor. • All refuse received is screened for unacceptable wastes (i.e. hazardous waste, universal waste). • All equipment operators have been trained to be vigilante for cylinders, propane tanks, televisions, computer monitors and these items will be pulled out and not pushed with the refuse being "fed"to the compactor. • The compactor is equipped with an audible back up alarm and working lights. • In the event of an explosion as a result of the compactor running over refuse, on-site staff will take appropriate action by isolating the area and contacting the appropriate emergency agencies (i.e. County Office of Emergency Services, County Environmental Health Department, and the local Fire Department). • The compactor operator will,via a portable radio, inform personnel working on the tipping floor when the compactor needs to be driven off the compaction pad so that personnel may maintain the required safety distance. • The compactor will be fueled and serviced south of the compaction area near the z-wall (See Area A Figure 4A) between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. During these hours, other than two equipment operators and repair service personnel, there are no personnel working on the tipping floor. Once compacted, the waste is pushed by a loader toward the north end of the tipping floor and loaded into transfer trucks and transported to Foothill Sanitary Landfill located at 6484 North Waverly Road, Linden, California, for disposal. The compactor will be parked on waste at all times. During non-operating hours, the compactor will be stored on top of a bed of waste. The waste will be compacted and removed for disposal daily. The tipping floor will be inspected regularly and kept in good condition, and deterioration will be noted on the inspection report. In addition to the compactor, two front-end loaders and a backhoe are used on the tipping floor to push and stage refuse for loading, and to recover recyclable materials. The following safety measures are taken while using these units on the tipping floor: Lovelace MRF and Transfer Station Department of Public Works/Solid Waste Division Transfer Processing Report 8 County of San Joaquin-Revised 7/26/05