HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARD AWARENESS. Subcontractor recognizes that it and its sub-subcontractors, suppliers and employees have the obligation to comply with all federal and/or state safety and health laws and regulations. Subcontractor specifically acknowledges that it has the primary responsibility to prevent and/or correct all health and safety hazards within the operations for which it and its employees or its sub-subcontractors and their employees are responsible. Subcontractor further acknowledges that it and its sub-subcontractors, suppliers and employees have special expertise in recognition and prevention of such hazards in the operations for which they are responsible and that Contractor does not have such expertise and is relying upon such expertise by Subcontractor and its sub-subcontractors, suppliers and employees. Contractor retains the right to direct Subcontractor to eliminate all hazards of which Contractor has actual knowledge, but the recognition and abatement of such hazards are the responsibility of Subcontractor and its sub-subcontractors, suppliers and employees. Subcontractor agrees to indemnify Contractor and all other subcontractors for all costs and penalties incurred, including attorney fees, as a result of hazards created by Subcontractor, its sub-subcontractors, suppliers and employees. Subcontractor hereby certifies that it will not allow on the Project site any sub-subcontractor, supplier and/or employee of any of them who is not fully trained in all safety aspects of the Subcontract Work and who is not expert in the operations comprising the Subcontract Work.
