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• Only qualified personnel operate the noted equipment. • All equipment operators are made aware that personnel are continually working on the tipping floor. • All personnel working on the tipping floor are made aware that the noted equipment is being used on the tipping floor and to maintain a minimum distance of 10 -15' away from the equipment, unless they are loading recyclable materials in the bucket of the equipment. • All personnel on the tipping floor are required to wear highly visible safety vests, safety glasses, and hard hats. • Equipment operators have been instructed to honk the horn when working near personnel on the tipping floor and to maintain a distance of 10'- 15' away from personnel. • Equipment operators have been instructed to be vigilante at all times for personnel working on the tipping floor and maintain a distance of 10' — 15' away. • Equipment operators have been instructed to look to the rear prior to backing equipment. • All equipment is equipped with audible back up alarms and rear view mirrors. • Radio communication is maintained as needed between the equipment operators and personnel working on the tipping floor. • Safety meetings are held regularly with all personnel and personnel are constantly reminded to be aware of working around mobile equipment on the tipping floor. • When multiple pieces of equipment are operated in the same area of the tipping floor, all the operators are required to communicate with one another via portable radios and to maintain a distance of 15' — 20' from one another. In addition, the operators will communicate via portable radios with personnel on the tipping floor where multiple pieces of equipment will be in operation in the same area and to maintain a distance of 75' to 100' from the equipment. • Operators make personnel working on the tipping floor aware of equipment being operated on the tipping floor by the use of portable radios. Individuals without portable radios who are working on the tipping floor will be informed verbally by the staff person supervising them (i.e. Sheriff Inmate Supervisor, County staff). Staff who supervise Sheriff Inmate crews and Alternate Work Program participants have portable radios. Operators have been instructed to make their presence known to tipping floor personnel prior to operating equipment on the tipping floor. • When two or more pieces of equipment will be working in a confined area for a period of 30 minutes or more, the area will be cordoned off and personnel working on the tipping floor will be instructed to maintain a distance of 75' to 100'. The compactor and the backhoe are operated an average of three (3) hours daily while the loaders are operated an average of seven (7) hours daily. Instances when the compactor, the backhoe, and the two loaders are operated simultaneously, all equipment operators are made aware that all four pieces of equipment are operating on the tipping floor and to maintain a distance of 15' —20' from each other. In addition, all personnel on the tipping floor are made aware that all four pieces of equipment are operating on the tipping floor and to maintain a distance of 10' — 15' from the equipment. Likewise, equipment operators have been instructed to maintain a distance of 10' — 15' from personnel. Furthermore, equipment operators make use of the horn on the equipment to make personnel aware of their presence. Lovelace MRF and Transfer Station Department of Public Works/Solid Waste Division Transfer Processing Report 9 County of San Joaquin-Revised 7/26/05