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2.6 Safety Measures in the Materials Recovery Facility <br /> 2. .1 Lovelace Transfer Station Customers <br /> Safety of site customers is paramount in operating the site. Parking and tipping areas are clearly <br /> marked. Signs are provided to direct the flow of traffic. <br /> IVIRF staff directs traffic within the MRF to reduce potentially dangerous situations. Users ofthe <br /> MRF are required to keep pets and children within their vehicle at all times. <br /> The separation in elevation between tipping floor and self-haul disposal area (4 feet) and <br /> commercial disposal area (8 feet) isolate the waste handling from the site users. This minimizes <br /> contact between users and wastes. <br /> A MRF staff is present at all times in the self-haul area. <br /> 2.6.2 Transfer Station Staff <br /> Safety of the Transfer Station staff is provided by adherence to the general Health and Safety <br /> Plan (discussed elsewhere), and to the following additional procedures that respond to the <br /> conditions and activities within the MRF. <br /> • Radio communication is maintained at all times between equipment operators and <br /> personnel working on the tipping floor with hand-held radios. <br /> • The compactor is equipped with an audible back-up alarm and working lights. <br /> • Operators alert personnel working on the tipping floor to equipment being operated on the <br /> tipping floor by the use of portable radios. Individuals without portable radios who are <br /> working on the tipping floor will be informed verbally by the staff person supervising them <br /> (i.e. Sheriff Inmate Supervisor, County staff). Staff who supervise Sheriff Inmate crews <br /> and Alternate Work Program participants have portable radios. Operators have been <br /> instructed to make their presence known to tipping floor personnel prior to operating <br /> equipment on the tipping floor. <br /> The following safety measures are taken while using the compactor on the tipping floor: <br /> • Only qualified personnel operate the compactor. <br /> Lovelace MRF and Transfer Station Department of Public Works/Solid Waste Division <br /> Transfer Processing Report County of San Joaquin <br /> August 28,2015 13 <br />