Common use of TRENCH SAFETY Clause in Contracts

TRENCH SAFETY. In accordance with the California Labor Code, where the work will involve trenches five feet or more in depth and the estimated or bid cost of excavation is in excess of $25,000, the Contractor shall submit to and receive from the City of Palo Alto, or its designee, the acceptance of a detailed plan showing design of shoring, bracing, sloping, or other provisions to be made for worker protection from the hazards of caving ground. Such plan shall be submitted at least five (5) days before the Contractor intends to begin work on the trenches. If such plan varies from the shoring system standards established by the Construction Safety Orders of the State of California Division of Industrial Safety, the plan shall be prepared by a registered civil or structural engineer. The Contractor shall not use shoring, sloping, or protective systems less effective than that required by the Construction Safety Orders of the Division of Industrial Safety. The City shall not be responsible or liable for the safety of such trenching or trenching plans. Whenever the work called for on these plans or contract documents involves the construction of a pipeline, sewer, sewage disposal system, boring and jacking pits, or similar trenches or excavations, which are five feet or deeper, bidder shall include as a bid item, the cost of design and construction of adequate sheeting, shoring, and bracing, or equivalent method, for the protection of life or limb, which shall conform to applicable safety orders.

TRENCH SAFETY. In accordance with the California Labor Code, where the work Work will involve trenches five feet or more in depth and the estimated or bid Proposal cost of excavation is in excess of $25,000, the Contractor DBE shall submit to and receive from the City of Palo Alto, or its designee, the acceptance of a detailed plan showing design of shoring, bracing, sloping, or other provisions to be made for worker protection from the hazards of caving ground. Such plan shall be submitted at least five (5) days before the Contractor DBE intends to begin work on the trenches. If such plan varies from the shoring system standards established by the Construction Safety Orders of the State of California Division of Industrial Safety, the plan shall be prepared by a registered civil or structural engineer. The Contractor DBE shall not use shoring, sloping, or protective systems less effective than that required by the Construction Safety Orders of the Division of Industrial SafetyIndustrialSafety. The City shall not be responsible or liable for the safety of such trenching or trenching plans. Whenever the work called for on these plans or contract documents Contract Documents involves the construction of a pipeline, sewer, sewage disposal system, boring and jacking pits, or similar trenches or excavations, which are five feet or deeper, bidder DBE shall include as a bid itemin its Proposal Price, the cost of design and construction of adequate sheeting, shoring, and bracing, or equivalent method, for the protection of life or limb, which shall conform to applicable safety orders.