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Sr Vlze Presldem‘ L71 Undergrnund Safely EIzulDmerlLLL€,nI5l>nnsl1al: Az
eta aasumz your employer (a company or a ;_  ‘(vow __ A .‘ — ,. '
uullty)}Iaa an zxczllenlanfety pmgram.You'v2 -* V E} ~ *2. _, A _ "
been trained and designated as the "Competent .‘_ H». v.v3_ , 5- r. - 
Person" on projeet excavatiun aillzm All the Ex ‘ - ,_ 4'  , I _ ‘ » V1‘

wnrkera on your Crew have been appropnately trarned. ' $_ * '« _r , _ — V  an 7...

‘(nu u.-e trench-protection .y.tern.- on youryob .rte.. You ~ .+\ » ;_ . . . 7 3', ‘
have an emergency plan ln place, and soon. . M - , .- "—. r " , * 4-’ - ‘
Let's al.-n asaume that another enntraetnr at another -§‘._. _ ‘ _ ’ ._e ;“
sue nearby the one you're working on has taken a tew ' ,\ ‘V ‘ V (\ .

shortcuts suddenly, one oitlmlconlractnr’swurkzn -. . ~ '.

cumes yelling: ”A rnan'..- been burledl we need your help!” - , \

‘’There’s been 2 czve-in!” t I

what do you do? Below are some suggzatinnsz fl  ,

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- stay ealrn Hm - T ‘ '

- Take charge of the lab .-rte unul a trarned team, headed _

by H“ "‘"=*dem C°m"h“-<‘“” “"2 "Hm W“ “~‘“‘ by f,'L°a“rr1'a'v"£'.?,’L'..Cl'?’,'.‘Z7’$fI7I'i7,$iZf§1lC.{§}IrT;53r'§‘L£"Eifillirlfi7£lI3CL3l?f'lU$.,TI1iZ?TII‘
firefighters and rescue/recovery leama), arrives ,,,,,, N W, ,,,,, W,/,,,, '

- sately get everyone who a. not trapped out of the . \ , t _ I —-

treneh. Account for all worker: I V _ . ‘ H“?-

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- call911 and/orlhecompanysmacuzleam and 1' ll 7‘; ‘ ’ , ' :t 9 '._ .-
report the cave-in. ltthe eon.-truetron .-rte la drmcult tn ‘ ’ 3 7‘ .1» I  _ 
t’-md, designate .~,orneune to meet the trained rescuers at a ‘V f l ‘ r v,
readrlyadentlnahle addmss or landmark, and drreet then. r \ -' — ~' _ L. r’ e. ’
to the cavern localiun ’ r _ f . _“ ,~ I L V
. Keep everyone who r. not drreetly involved In the : aw’ K  _ ’
xzycue/recovery at [cast mo teet trorn the trench or v 1 e: r ]
zxcnvatlon. ,~ ’ V ( N  V

- Shutdown allequipmentzxczplpumpstlmlazz belng , ' , .‘ -7 — \.

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u.ed to remove water ln theunrnedrate vreuuty ui the fir ,1 ,_ V‘_fl _ _ r , _, -
eavern. 14 ._.’.;: m  ‘ ,_ -19-er — ’:Tf*"<.~'v3.-’v’53‘7',' 7-»

~""<‘.i“ .‘. ’. 1‘ . .. ‘~.’.5"‘~ ‘ii "".,_, 1!’

- stop or reroute trarne that mlghlcrzatz vlbmtiuns and /P,‘ ' » .‘  *‘ - » =:,»;' 5' ,:-2;,-, .9 --
eau.-easeeondaryeavem < 4" ~'‘ ~' »~‘- - '
-newanewwmmv-««»muu«w»maba=w««»eor Zr'i?.7.*.'If‘Zi3iif.f3£.;'§‘i.TZl'L£‘Xi.‘§‘?L1”§.ZZ‘$f§;"I1TYiZZl‘Iii"fi'l;ZC:Z37.I’“§1?f§'i",7I3"”
zxcrwatur Such equrpment rnay tunher injure the victim. m,,,jW ‘ V‘ “ ‘ V X X‘ ‘ ‘

- Do not remove the vaetuns totals or equrprnent. They . The Pmenm of any Pu‘E|'|ti;‘"y lmmful a.,,.,,,pl.m,

ean be helptul in locaung the vretun.

, I - The lueahon and candiuon of all underground utrlrhe.
ln addrtron, the iollowmg rnturmahon ohould be gathemd:
There may be a very strung temptation to lump dawn mto the
' “’“‘“b’“ °‘ “’°'‘‘‘‘‘ "“PP‘“‘ trench and try to dig the vlclirn out. Do not do it. untramed, or lll-
. whm me vimmm was [M $2,, equipped, "macuzrs" frequently became vlcums Ihsmstelvza trorn
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- The time the cave-in oreurred ‘mm “Y CM "”
Oi (nurse, the one Lhing that’. better than all the.-e measures la

' The d°P‘h vi ‘he Hench avoldmg a eave-in in the fink place. Do rt zight the first time so

. Ths ,0“ type that a re.~,cue 13 never neee»-ary.

- An zatlmate of how much ml ha. collap~2d on the “3MEM5ER= U“ P"°‘““°“---I‘ Will SW9 Y0“! life- I
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