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The technician is directed to withdraw from the active portion of the fill as soon as possible <br />following testing. The technician's vehicle should be parked at the perimeter of the fill in <br />a highly visible location, well away from the equipment traffic pattern. The contractor <br />should inform our personnel of all changes to haul roads, cut and fill areas or other factors <br />that may affect site access and site safety. <br />In the event that the technician's safety is jeopardized or compromised as a result of the <br />contractor's failure to comply with any of the above, the technician is required, by company <br />policy, to immediately withdraw and notify his/her supervisor. The grading contractor's <br />representative will be contacted in an effort to affect a solution. However, in the interim, <br />no further testing will be performed until the situation is rectified. Any fill placed can be <br />considered unacceptable and subject to reprocessing, recompaction, or removal. <br />In the event that the soil technician does not comply with the above or other established <br />safety guidelines, we request that the contractor bring this to the technician's attention and <br />notify this office. Effective communication and coordination between the contractors <br />representative and the soil technician is strongly encouraged in order to implement the <br />above safety plan. <br />Trench and Vertical Excavation <br />It is the contractor's responsibility to provide safe access into trenches where compaction <br />testing is needed. Our personnel are directed not to enter any excavation or vertical cut <br />which: 1) is 5 feet or deeper unless shored or laid back; 2) displays any evidence of <br />instability, has any loose rock or other debris which could fall into the trench; or 3) displays <br />any other evidence of any unsafe conditions regardless of depth. <br />All trench excavations or vertical cuts in excess of 5 feet deep, which any person enters, <br />should be shored or laid back. Trench access should be provided in accordance with <br />CAL-OSHA and/or state and local standards. Our personnel are directed not to enter any <br />trench by being lowered or "riding down" on the equipment. <br />If the contractor fails to provide safe access to trenches for compaction testing, our <br />company policy requires that the soil technician withdraw and notify his/her supervisor. <br />The contractor's representative will be contacted in an effort to affect a solution. All <br />backfill not tested due to safety concerns or other reasons could be subject to <br />reprocessing and/or removal. <br />If GSI personnel become aware of anyone working beneath an unsafe trench wall or <br />vertical excavation, we have a legal obligation to put the contractor and owner/developer <br />on notice to immediately correct the situation. If corrective steps are not taken, GSI then <br />has an obligation to notify CAL-OSHA and/or the proper controlling authorities. <br />Pacific Development Group <br />File:Sefvemndree\49004976al.foundshopctr <br />Appendix F <br />Page 9