Authorized Operator – A person assigned by the job supervisor to operate a given piece of equipment or tool.

Contract Liaison Personnel – Lan-Lab Communications employee(s) assigned to monitor the progress of the contract and act as interface between Lan-Lab and the outside contractor.

Hazardous Material – Any substance that may cause injury, illness or property damage or is of health/safety/environmental concern. These materials may include (but are not limited to) corrosives, irritants, sensitizers, toxic substances, reactives, flammables, and explosives. Hazardous materials are listed in Articles 9 and 10 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR) – Title 22.

"Hot work" – Performed on live voice or data circuitry and apparatus; on or near energized electric lines or equipment, and is to be done only when approved by Contract Liaison.

Lan-Lab EH&S – Lan-Lab’s Environment, Health and Safety coordinator.

Outside Contractor – Anyone who by contract or purchase order provides services for Lan-Lab within a company facility under Lan-Lab supervision.

Outside Contractor Safety Representative – Contractor employee, designated by name and title, in charge of safety for the contractor.

Protective Barricades – Barricades that warn as well as protect personnel (e.g., wood posts and rail, cable or posts with chain rail).

Qualified Person – An experienced supervisor designated by the contractor to represent him for the inspection of tools, equipment and methods.

Requester Organization – The LAN-LAB organization requesting the services of the outside contractor.

Warning Barricades – Barricades that alert personnel to a hazard but offer no physical protection (e.g., high-visibility synthetic tape, traffic delineators.)

Prior to commencing work, the outside contractor shall notify the Lan-Lab office of the name and title of the contractor’s safety representative.

B. Hazardous Materials

The use of chemicals or hazardous materials by the contractor shall be preapproved by Lan-Lab . If requested by LAN-LAB, material safety data sheets for these materials must be provided prior to beginning work. LAN-LAB reserves the right to disapprove the use of any chemical on work sites or to require replacement materials, especially where materials are on lists such as IARC, Prop.65, AQMD, TSCA. LAN-LAB personnel may inspect these hazardous materials and their use at any time.

C. Personal Protective Equipment

The outside contractor shall provide appropriate personal protective equipment. The contractor is responsible for enforcing its use, and at LAN-LAB request, for providing proof of training to LAN-LAB. LAN-LAB reserves the right to inspect or monitor operations at any stage of work. LAN-LAB also may make additional recommendations of personal protective equipment for contractor personnel.

D. Running

Running is permitted only during an extreme emergency.

E. Conduct

Horseplay, fighting, gambling, drinking alcoholic beverages, using unauthorized drugs, or failure to follow Lan-Lab Safety, Health & Environmental procedures is cause to bar those involved from the Lan-Lab premises. Weapons, narcotics, alcoholic beverages, radios, cameras, tape recorders, and explosive materials are prohibited on Lan-Lab property, unless preapproved by Lan-Lab.

F. Equipment

Contractor shall provide the equipment necessary for safe performance of his work. All tools and equipment brought onto the premises for use are subject to unannounced inspection and approval by the Lan-Lab representative and/or contract liaison. However, any such inspection or approval will not relieve the contractor of his responsibility for the safe use of the equipment.

Contractor’s personnel may start work only after receiving necessary permissions (including preapproval of all materials to be used), instruction and identification from the LAN-LAB office or site representative for the types of work described below:

1. Any open flame such as welding, oxy-acetylene burning, tar kettles, and the use of portable spark or heat producing equipment. The LAN-LAB site representative prior to start of work must give approval. NOTE: This does not include electrical hand tools unless used in an explosive or other hazardous area.

2. Electrical and piping lockout (provided by contractor).

3. Entrance into confined spaces (e.g., operating vessels, holding tanks, pits, and manholes). Approval must be obtained from the LAN-LAB site representative prior to entry.

4. Products or processes that may cause exposure to corrosive, toxic materials, high pressures and high or low temperatures. Approval to proceed must be given by the LAN-LAB site representative.

5. Any unusual movement of heavy equipment (e.g., over building floors/roofs, into and on elevators, or over plant roads). Approval to proceed must be given by the LAN-LAB site representative.

6. The LAN-LAB site representative must give Approval to proceed with blasting and/or use of explosive actuated tools.

7. Construction work on idle or abandoned pipelines and tanks that had been used for transmission or storage of hazardous or flammable materials or explosive gases (such as natural or propane gases) must be inspected and approved by Lan LAB EH&S before start of work.

8. Excavations, breaking or drilling of concrete approved by contract liaison (except when such work results in a breach of the security perimeter or affects pedestrian or vehicle traffic in or out of the plant). This approval is issued by plant security. Trench excavation greater than four feet in depth requires review by Lan LAB EH&S.

9. The use of any equipment that produces sound levels greater than 85 dBA must be approved by Lan Lab EH&S.

10. Work proximate to underground or above ground utilities.

11. Any other work the requesting organization, contract liaison representative or Lan Lab EH&S representative believes may prove hazardous to personnel, property, product or equipment.

As part of assigning a task to their employee(s), the contractor’s supervisor must show and explain to them the health, safety and environmental precautions and action that must be taken while performing the task.

In the event that a contractor employee becomes ill or is injured while on-site, s/he should see the supervisor, or go as needed to a local clinic or medical facility. In all situations Lan Lab should be notified of the illness or injury to contractor employee(s). Copies of necessary outside visit documentation should be provided to Lan Lab upon request. Contractors are encouraged to make arrangements with medical facilities near the project site prior to starting work.

Work areas must be kept clean and maintained in an orderly manner, as the job progresses. For example, cords and hoses must be routed across walkways such that no tripping hazards exist. All materials, tools, and equipment must be stored in a stable and secured position (tied, stacked or chocked) to prevent rolling or falling. Safe accessways to all work areas must be maintained. All trash, debris, and wastes must be removed by contractors daily. Safety containers must be used to store hazardous materials. Storage of excessive amounts of hazardous materials is prohibited.

A work area inspection must be made daily by the contractor safety representative. This inspection should be performed at the beginning of each shift and periodically throughout the day to ensure that safe conditions are maintained. An inspection must be made at the end of each shift to ensure that no safety, health or environmental hazards exist.

All required personal protective equipment shall be provided by the contractor. Its use is mandatory and enforcement is the responsibility of the contractor. Lan Lab reserves the right to require the contractor to discontinue operations at any time when personal protective equipment recommendations are not being complied with fully.

Hard hats meeting ANSI standards are required at all construction sites where exposure to flying or falling objects exists, as well as other "hard hat" areas, designated by Lan Lab EH&S or customer rep. "

B. Eye Protection/Requirements

1. Industrial safety glasses with side shields must be worn at all construction sites designated by the contractor or Lan Lab EH&S as eye hazard areas.

2. Burners goggles are required for all gas welding and burning.

3. Goggles or full face shields over safety glasses with side shields are required for chipping, grinding and sawing. Full face shields over safety glasses with side shields are required when handling molten materials, such as tar.

4. Special purpose protection is required when handling chemicals, (i.e., corrosives), or when sandblasting. EH&S or contract liaison should be contacted to answer questions regarding special-purpose personal protective equipment.

Hearing protection is required in areas where the noise level is continually in excess in excess of 85 dBA.

D. Hand Protection

Dielectrically tested rubber gloves must be worn for power line work or when contact with energized circuits is possible.

E. Foot Protection

Contractor employees performing work that exposes their feet to injury from falling materials or objects must wear adequate foot protection (i.e., steel-toed shoes).

F. Respiratory Protection

Consult Lan Lab EH&S with questions or concerns regarding hazardous fumes, vapors or dusts. Ventilation fans, air movers, dust masks or a combination of these should be used in dusty atmospheres. Approved air purifying respirators must be worn when handling certain hazardous or toxic materials. Supplied air respirators may be required in certain hazardous environments.

A. General

Tools shall be maintained in a safe working condition. Designed safety features (e.g., guards and interlocks) shall not be removed or defeated. Tools shall be tied off when in use above personnel or dangerous equipment.

B. Hand Tools

Specific safety considerations may be required for certain impact tools. Tools may be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.

C. Power Tools

1. Portable electrical equipment and tools must be grounded.

2. Air supply to pneumatic tools must be shut off and "bled down" before disconnecting.

3. Electric cords must be unplugged before adjusting electric tools.

4. Where they are required, guards or shields must be installed and used on power tools.

5. To prevent accidental start, machines must be shut down before they are adjusted, serviced or repaired. Contractor must use an acceptable Lockout/Tagout/Deenergization procedure.

6. Machines that generate a waste product must be shut off and brought to a complete stop before waste is removed.

7. Tools must be inspected daily before they are started.

8. Interlocking devices must be in good working order and never bypassed. (See lockout procedures.)

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D. Rigging Equipment

1. Use of a shackle to hold two (2) or more eyes of a chocker in a hook is required.

2. Ensure that all hooks have a safety latch or are moused, except during steel erection or when shake-out hooks are properly used.

3. Do not rig from a structural member until contract liaison has ascertained that the member will support the load being raised.

4. Use only rigging equipment designed for the intended use.

5. Visually inspect hooks, shackles, chain hoists, and beam clamps before using them.

6. Never use chain hoists for loads beyond their rated capacity.

7. Do not leave unsecured loads below a suspended load.

8. Allow no part of the body below a suspended load.

9. Do not wrap the load chain around the load.

10. Use softeners where possible to obtain a "bite" on the material being rigged.

11. Do not use fiber ropes (manila and synthetics) in or near operations involving the use of corrosive substances. In all cases, before each use the fibers should be inspected visually for excessive broken fibers, wear and deteriorated strands.

12. Do not use wire rope on hoisting equipment after it has been exposed to fire or extreme heat, or burned from contact with electricity, or when visual inspection shows damaged strands, corrosion or more than 10% of the wires broken in one lay.

a. Ladders must be inspected by a qualified person and approved for use before the ladders are put into service. Each user must inspect ladders visually before using them.

b. Painted ladders should not be used..

c. If a ladder must be placed in or over a doorway, the door must be barricaded and warning signs must be posted.

d. While ascending or descending a ladder, nothing that will prevent holding on with both hands should be carried. If necessary, a handline should be used to raise or lower materials.

e. Both feet must be kept on the ladder rungs.

f. User must always face the ladder. A safety belt is required if work must be performed backwards.

g. Only one person is allowed on a ladder, unless two-person stepladders are in use.

h. The use of metal ladders while working with energized electrical equipment is not permitted without express permission from contract liaison.

i. Special approval of the Environment, Health and Safety office is required before a ladder may be used on top of a scaffold; the ladder must be tied off and the user must wear a property secured safety belt.

a. Ladder is to be placed so that the base is out one-fourth the vertical distance from the ground to the object against which the ladder is leaning.

b. Ladder must be adequately tied off or held while in use.

c. Top of ladder must extend at least 3 feet beyond supporting object when the ladder is used as access to an elevated work area.

d. After extension section has been raised to desired height, the safety dogs or latches must be engaged and the extension ropes must be secured to a rung on the base section of the ladder before work begins.

e. Extension ladder sections are not to be used separately.

f. Non-skid safety feet are required on all straight and extension ladders.

1. All scaffold platforms must be equipped with standard 42-inch high handrails and midrail, rigidly secured and completely decked with safety plank or manufactured scaffold decking. Personnel must wear properly secured safety belts unless the scaffold is lower than 15 feet.

2. Scaffold handrails, midrails or brace members should not be used for climbing. Ladders should be used for access.

3. All scaffolds must be erected level and plumb, on a firm base.

4. User must never exceed safe working loads on scaffolds.

5. Rolling scaffolds shall be used only on smooth, level surfaces or the wheels must be contained in wooden or channel iron runners that are level and stabilized. Overhead clearances must be checked before rolling scaffolds are moved.

1. Warning and/or protective barricades are required around excavations, holes, or openings in floors or roofs, elevated platforms, around certain types of overhead work, and wherever necessary to warn people against falling.

2. Barricades must be 42 inches high, square and level.

3. Barricades must be kept four feet back from the edge of excavations, holds, platforms and roofs unless a protective barricade is used. Four-inch high toeboards are required on protective barricades around floor opening.

4. Barricades must be erected before the hold is cut and extended as the excavation progresses.

5. Barricades must be removed when they are no longer needed.

6. Numerous excavations in one area may be barricaded effectively by erecting a barricade around the general area.

7. Barricades on roadways or walkways must be equipped with blinker lights.

8. An access opening or gate through the barricade should be provided to the work area where practical.

1. All holes or openings through floors or decking at all elevations must be covered immediately with hold covers or barricades. Material or equipment must never be stored on a hole cover.

2. Covers must be secured or cleated so they cannot slip, and they must extend adequately beyond the edge of the hole. These covers need not be secured if they are adequately sized and if they are not driven over.

Legible warning signs should be placed on barricade stands, posts or other suitable stanchions before work starts; and they should be removed promptly when work is complete. Tape with preprinted warning signs (e.g., "banner guard tape") may be used.

I. Material Hoists

1. Material hoists are to be operated only by an "authorized operator".

2. Material hoists are not to be used to lift personnel.

3. The weight of material and capacity of elevator or hoist must be known before use. Material most be positioned so it cannot shift or extend beyond cage limits.

4. The signal system must be understood and used by all active participants.

5. All signal devices (i.e., radios) must be protected against unauthorized or unintentional use, breakage or interference.

6. Hoists must comply with federal and state standards. Hoists and cranes must be certified as to their capacity.

7. Gears, belts, sprockets, drums, sheaves and contact points between moving parts of power-driven machines, when not guarded by location, shall be enclosed in substantial guards or suitable guardrails.

8. Engines must be stopped before they are refueled.

9. Hoist bakes shall be capable of stopping and holding 105% of the rated hoisting capacity. In addition, a ratchet and pawl shall be provided on the drum to hold the load.

1. The following precautions must be taken before starting a welding or burning job..

a. All exposed combustible materials below welding and burning areas must be removed to a safe location. In addition, an approved spark catcher must be used for overhead welding.

b. An at least five-pound dry chemical fire extinguisher must be maintained within 25 feet of any welding, burning or open-flame work. (Be sure all personnel know how to operate the fire extinguisher.)

c. No welding or burning is to be done on a closed vessel or tank, or on any vessel previously in use unless it has been decontaminated and is certified gas-free. Check with EH&S.

d. Welding leads and burning hose must be bridged over or supported a minimum of 7 feet above passageways. Welding leads must not be hung from conduit or process lines, sprinkler lines, or the like.

e. The user must inspect all leads, grounds, clamps, welding machines, hoses, gauges, torches and cylinders for leaks and proper condition before they are put into operation.

f. All fittings, couplings and connections are to be "lead-free" and clean.

g. Adequate ventilation must be provided at all times. Special attention should be provided while working on galvanized material.

h. Flashback arrestors must be installed on all oxy-acetylene torches.

2. Welding – Gas and Electric

a. All arc work must have a separate and adequate ground, pulled from the machine to the work location in all operating areas.

b. All arcs are to be shielded in operating areas.

Welding near vapor degreasing operations or other areas where halogenated solvents may be present is prohibited.

c. The arc machine should be turned off at the end of each shift, or when it is not used for extended periods.

d. An approved welding helmet must be worn. Use no less than a #9 filter with a safety plate on both sides.

e. All compressed gas welding and burning equipment must be broken down when work is complete, with regulators removed and protective caps screwed down hand-tight.

f. Compressed gas cylinders must be secured vertically to an adequate support while in storage, transit or use. The protective cap must be on during storage and transit.

g. Oil and grease must be kept away from oxygen regulators, hose and fittings. Do not store wrenches, dies, cutters or other grease-covered tools in the same compartment with oxygen equipment.

h. All hoses gauges and torches should be inspected for leaks and proper condition before they are used.

i. Oxygen must never be used to operate pneumatic tools, to pressurize a container, to blow out lines, or as a substitute for compressed air or other gases.

j. Cylinders and hoses should be placed where they are not exposed to sparks and slag from a burning operation.

k. Cylinders should be raised to upper levels with approved rigging equipment.

K. Compressed Air

1. Operator must use only hoses and couplings designed to handle compressed air and must inspect them before each use.

2. Operator must never crimp, couple or uncouple pressurized hose. Shut off valve and bleed down hose.

3. Compressed air must not be used to clean clothing.

4. Conduit must not be used to support hoses.

The potential for fire and serious burns is ever present when heating tar, pitch, Vitrabond, and similar materials.

1. Keep equipment away from any combustible structure, building, or other material.

2. Be sure melting chamber is vented; and inspect hoses, clamps, gauges, tools, fuel tank and bucket handles before starting.

3. Keep the area around the vessel free of tools and material to eliminate tripping hazards.

4. Maintain careful temperature control with molten material to prevent accidental ignition.

5. Be sure all equipment, tools, and buckets are free of moisture to prevent "spattering" of the hot liquid.

6. Wear long sleeves, gloves tucked under sleeve cuffs, and full face shield when charging and tending kettle and handling molten liquid in buckets.

7. Use protective cream to prevent vapor "burns" if skin is sensitive.

8. Erect barricades around any area where not molten liquids are used overhead.

1. The driver is responsible for the safety of all passengers and the stability of materials being hauled or handled by his equipment.

2. All speed limit and other regulatory signs must be obeyed, and pedestrians must be given the right-of-way at all times.

3. The operator must shut off the motor before refueling.

4. The operator must shut off the motor and set the brakes before leaving the operator’s cab.

5. Personnel may not ride in the bed of a dump truck or other vehicle hauling equipment or material.

6. The supervisor must assign a flagman to direct a vehicle backing in congested areas.

7. All construction vehicles and earthmoving equipment, including forklifts, must be equipped with functional backup alarms that are normally audible from a distance of 200 feet and will sound immediately on backing (excepting pickup trucks).

8. Forklifts must be equipped with overhead guards.

9. Tractors and other construction material handling equipment must be equipped with rollover protection (ROPS) in accordance with California standards.

10. Drivers must dismount from the cab and remain clear while trucks are being loaded by power equipment.

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Call 911 immediately in case of fire. Stay on the line and give all information to the person contacted.

A. Alarms

All contractors personnel should know how to report an emergency. They should also know evacuation routes for each work areas.

B. Extinguishers

1. The contractor’s supervisors should instruct each workman about the location of the nearest fire extinguisher, how it operates, and the type of fire on which it should be used.

2. Fire extinguishers of the proper type and size must be within 25 feet of each open-flame operation. If a fire extinguisher is not available, contact Lan Lab EH&S.

3. Extinguishers must be recharged or replaced promptly after they are used. Immediately notify Lan Lab when any extinguishers are used.

C. Combustibles (Burnable Materials)

Combustible material must be kept away from steam lines, radiators, heaters and hot processes and service lines. All exposed combustible materials below welding and burning areas must be removed to a safe location.

1. Contractors must follow all applicable regulations.

2. WARNING – Anyone who operates a valve, switch or device with a "Danger" tag attached is subject to immediate dismissal from plant premises. The foregoing applies likewise to unauthorized removal of "Danger" tags or locks.

3. Request permission from contract liaison 48 hours prior to lockout of equipment or circuits.

B. "Hot Work" on Electrical Circuitry and Apparatus

Is to be done only after it has been approved by contract liaison.

Every effort should be made to insure that personnel, materials and equipment are safe from unexpected movement such as falling, slipping, rolling, tipping, blowing over, or any other uncontrolled motion.

D. Access

1. Access routes to and from work locations must be maintained free and clear of obstruction and must be adequately lighted.

2. Emergency equipment or electric disconnect switches must not be blocked; nor may temporary construction cables, hose or leads be attached to such equipment.

3. Material must be stacked, stored or spotted so it can be reached readily by personnel and material handling equipment.

E. Excavations

1. Excavations 4 feet or deeper must be shored according to all construction guidelines before entering, with safe accessways provided. (See III.I.8)

2. All excavations must have a safe accessway and be properly barricaded.

3. Excavation areas must be barricaded before hold is opened or before work progresses.

4. All excavation walls must be checked before excavation is entered, and after a heavy rain or thaw.

5. No one is permitted in an excavation while equipment is working next to the edge.

F. Flammable Liquids

1. Flammable liquids in quantities of less than 55 gallon drums are to be kept in "safety" cans that have been properly identified according to their contents.

2. Drums and tanks of 55 gallons or more must be labeled, grounded, equipped with self-venting bungs, top-dispensing, and must be placed inside a barricade at least 25 feet away from smoking, welding, burning or other heat sources. Lan Lab EH&S approved containment for drum storage must be provided.

G. Corrosive Liquids

Corrosive liquids must be transported, stored, applied, handled and identified in accordance with federal and state regulations.

I. Trash, Waste and Scrap Disposal

All trash, waste and scrap must be placed in proper containers provided by the contractor.

J. Operating Machinery and Equipment Near Electric Power Lines.

Machinery or equipment must not be operated within 15 feet of electric power lines except where the electrical distribution or transmission lines have been deenergized at the point of work; or where insulating barriers not a part of, or an attachment to machinery or equipment, have been erected to prevent physical contact with the lines. All cranes, backhoes and similar lifting or excavating equipment to be used at job sites must be effectively grounded when a possibility of such equipment coming into contact with an electric power line or power facility located overhead or underground exists.

K. Hazardous Material Waste

The Lan Lab representative should be contacted to arrange for proper disposal of work that generates hazardous wastes. Disposal of all waste chemicals and other hazardous materials is regulated by California law, which mandates stringent compliance. No chemical or hazardous waste should ever be dumped into sinks, drains, or onto the ground.

Dumpsters may be used for nonhazardous wastes such as wood, paper, metals and other inert items.

1. All hazardous material use must be preapproved by Lan Lab EH&S.

2. Lan Lab EH&S reserves the right to require replacement or substitution of materials planned for use (e.g., when materials are on lists such as IARC, Prop.65, AQMD, and TSCA.)

3. Hazardous materials and their use may be inspected at any time by Lan Lab EH&S personnel.

4. Hazardous materials must be used in safety containers and must be stored in approved cabinets when they are not being used.

5. Storage of contractor materials must be in the smallest volumes possible and away from occupied buildings, in an area approved by Lan Lab EH&S.

1. Unless specified in the contract, disposition of hazardous wastes will be handled by Lan LabEH&S.

2. No contractor hazardous materials are to be placed in job site trash receptacles.

3. All contractor transporters of hazardous materials must be permitted, and follow all of the applicable federal, state, and local regulations.

C. Time of Work

1. All planned work must be coordinated with the Lan Lab Project Manager.

D. Monitoring, Inspections, and Audits

1. Lan Lab EH&S reserves the right to inspect or monitor operations at any stage of work.

2. Lan Lab EH&S may make additional recommendations of personal protective equipment.

E. Training Documentation

1. Documentation of required training for contractor personnel must be made available for examination by Lan Lab EH&S personnel, if requested.

2. Contractor must keep current required training for contractor employees including, for example, respirator training, hazard communication, IIPP, asbestos, (for asbestos removal contractors).

G. Confined Space

1. Confined space entries must be coordinated and preapproved by Lan Lab

EH&S.

2. Confined space operations shall at minimum comply with Title 8 requirements.

• A list of contractor personnel must be presented to our operations department prior to arrival.

• Cameras, radios, binoculars, recorders and transmitting devices are restricted items. Such items are permitted onto the premises only if job related and after obtaining prior approval from Lan Lab.

• Contractor employees must confine their activities to areas where their work is to be performed.

• Contractors planning start of work prior to the contract start date must have approval at least 48 hours in advance of the anticipated start time.

• If contractor employees are required to work overtime or shifts not regularly scheduled, the construction coordinator must be notified 24 hours in advance in order

• Lan-Lab Communications will not be responsible for tools and other property of the contractor.