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Z0011 Lovelace Transfer Station Customers <br />Safety of site customers is paramount criterion in operating the site. Parking and tipping areas <br />are clearly marked. Signs are provided to direct the flow of traffic. Attendants direct traffic within <br />the MRF to reduce potentially dangerous situations. Users of the MRF are required to keep pets <br />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 />An attendant 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 />Lipping 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 port <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 <br />County of San Joaquin <br />April 10, 2015 13 <br />able <br />radios. Operators <br />have been <br />instructed to make their presence known <br />to tipping floor <br />personnel prior to <br />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 <br />County of San Joaquin <br />April 10, 2015 13 <br />