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FIELDWORK HEALTH & SAFETY PLAN (HASP) FOR FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF PETROLEUM DISTILLATE FUELS Catastrophic Event or other Emergencies Requiring Evacuation: In the event of a catastrophic event such as fire or explosion, if the situation can be readily controlled with available resources without jeopardizing your health and safety or the health and safety of others, take immediate action to do so, otherwise follow these steps: Notify Emergency Personnel by calling 911. Isolate the fire to prevent spread. Evacuate the area. Assemble at the Muster Station: To be determined onsite Perform head count to ensure complete evacuation. Inform Emergency Personnel of any missing team members. All CDLP trucks contain first aid kits and fire extinguishers. The CDLP Driller and or Project Manager will have a cell phone. Medical Emergencies Medical emergencies can be described as situations that present a significant threat to the health of individual personnel. These can result from a variety of hazardous incidents including chemical and radioactive exposures, heat stress, cold stress, poisonous insect or snakebites, and accidents involving vehicles or heavy equipment. In the event of a medical emergency, implement the following guidelines: 1. Assure that the environment is safe; 2. Administer appropriate emergency first aid to all injured individuals, only if it is safe to do so, and only by a qualified individual trained in first aid; 3. Notify emergency personnel and follow their instructions; 4. If emergency personnel cannot be contacted, severely injured personnel shall be transported to the designated hospital/ trauma center identified on the following page. 5. Contact Workcare at the earliest possible time to report the work-related injury. 888-449-7787 PRE — DEPARTURE: IMPORTANT THINGS TO CHECK & REMEMBER 1. Ensure that the Project Manager, Health and Safety Coordinator, and Project Director have approved this HASP. 2. Ensure that your Project Manager, Site Safety Officer or Health and Safety Coordinator has discussed the contents of the HASP in detail, gone through the Hazard Assessment with you and explained the hazards associated with the work that you will be performing. 3. Ensure that you have all the required PPE and are trained in the areas which are indicated in this HASP. 4. Familiarize yourself with the Emergency Action Plan for the site prior to site arrival. 5. Check the weather in the immediate area of the project site to ensure that the current weather conditions do not create additional hazards that have not been evaluated. 6. Inquire about cell phone coverage (satellite communications may be the ONLY option in some locations) and physically test all of your means of communication to ensure that they function, and you are familiar with the controls. 7. If you are going to a site where activities are in progress, do not begin work until you have been given an orientation from the Site Safety Officer and have reviewed any existing Site Health & Safety Manual. 8. Review subcontractor's site-specific HASP, as applicable. 9. You have the right to refuse any work that you feel is unsafe, or that you are not trained to do. Please discuss your concerns immediately with the Project Manager, Site Safety Officer and Health and Safety Coordinator. HEALTH AND SAFETY CLEARANCE Cascade employees as well as subcontractor employees assigned to perform field activities covered by this procedure must have active health and safety clearance statuses. This means that during the past 12 months, they have been cleared by a physician to wear respirators and perform their field assignments and have satisfied health and safety training requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.120(e). FIELDWORK HEALTH & SAFETY PLAN Project -Specific Check-in Procedure If you are in the field alone, or if you are the only person on-site, you must check in with the PM or a designee a minimum of twice each day, preferably once in the mid-morning and once in the mid-afternoon. Document check-in times on your PDS. If check-in does not occur at the pre -scheduled time, the PM will follow these steps: 1. Call field personnel cell phone to make contact. 2. Call client contact if present on site. 3. Call emergency contact. 4. Call emergency search services. HAZARD EVALUATION/JOB SAFETY ANALYSIS: (in compliance with 29 CFR 1910.120(b)(4)(ii)(A),and 1910.120(i)> This chapter of the HASP describes the safety and health hazards associated (job safety analysis) with site work and the control measures selected to protect workers. The purpose of a job safety analysis (JSA) is to identify and quantify the health and safety hazards associated with each site task and operation, and to evaluate the risks to workers. Using this information, appropriate control methods are selected to eliminate the identified risks if possible, or to effectively control - 2 - Revision: 7 — June 2013