A-10_Exhibit_7_Safety.docx

EXHIBIT 7

Recommended Contract Employee Safety Guidelines for Bark Beetle Mortality and Burned Stands

Due to altered fuel conditions, the following guidelines are recommended for all contract personnel traveling within or working in or around areas of high bark beetle mortality and in burned areas.

1. Contractors and their employees should continually monitor changing weather conditions that would affect their safety as well as ingress and egress from their work site.

2. Appropriate Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) must be worn at all times in accordance with contract terms and conditions.

3. Vehicles should be parked or camp sites set up in hazard tree free areas. All vehicles should be equipped with an ax, bow saw, or chainsaw in the event that the vehicle is trapped by falling trees across roadways.

4. Escape routes and safety zones should be identified in every work location in the event short-term extreme weather conditions do not permit safe foot, horse, or mechanized travel (i.e. ATV, motorcycle) to a safe location.

5. To ensure communication reliability, every individual, crew, or party should carry at least one form of communication with them at all times. It is recommended that radio or cell phone signals be checked every two hours.

6. An assessment of each work site or route through hazardous areas is essential and should be completed to evaluate those trees that pose a danger to workers.

7. Weather conditions should be monitored at all times. While working in areas where the snag hazard is extensive, withdrawal from a work site should be considered if the following are present either individually or cumulatively; (a) thunderstorms are present in the immediate vicinity, and/or (b) wind speeds are strong enough that tree tops are swaying and treetop movement is considerable. Stronger winds in the tree tops significantly increase the danger of both green and dead trees breaking and falling.

8. If thunderstorms develop and lightening is detected in the area, personnel should evacuate to motor vehicles for lightening safety until the storm has passed.