Common use of Trenches Clause in Contracts

Trenches. Contractor shall provide adequate sheeting, shoring, and bracing, or equivalent method, for the protection of life and limb in trenches and open excavation which conform to applicable safety standards. If the Contract Documents involve the excavation of any trench or trenches four feet or more in depth, Contractor shall, in advance of excavation, submit to the District Representative: (a) A detailed plan showing the design or shoring, bracing, sloping or other provisions to be made for worker protection from the hazard of caving ground during the excavation of such trench or trenches. (1) If such plan varies from the Shoring System Standards established by the Construction Safety Orders of the Division of Industrial Safety, the plan shall be prepared by a registered civil or structural engineer employed by Contractor, and all costs therefore shall be included in the price named in this Facilities Lease for completion of the work as set forth in the Contract Documents. (2) In no case shall such plan be less effective than that required by the Construction Safety Orders. (3) No excavation of such trench or trenches shall be commenced until said plan has been accepted by CAL-OSHA and a CAL-OSHA permit for such plan delivered to the District. Labor Code sections 6500 and 6705; Health and Safety Code section 17922.5.

Trenches. Contractor shall provide adequate sheeting, shoring, and bracing, or equivalent method, for the protection of life and limb in trenches and open excavation which conform to applicable safety standards. If the Contract Documents involve the excavation of any trench or trenches four feet or more in depth, Contractor shall, in advance of excavation, submit to the District Representative: (a) A detailed plan showing the design or shoring, bracing, sloping or other provisions to be made for worker protection from the hazard of caving ground during the excavation of such trench or trenches. (1) If such plan varies from the Shoring System Standards established by the Construction Safety Orders of the Division of Industrial Safety, the plan shall be prepared by a registered civil or structural engineer employed by Contractor, and all costs therefore shall be included in the price named in this Facilities Lease for completion of the work as set forth in the Contract Documents. (2) In no case shall such plan be less effective than that required by the Construction Safety Orders. (3) No excavation of such trench or trenches shall be commenced until said plan has been accepted by CAL-OSHA and a CAL-OSHA permit for such plan delivered to the District. Labor Code sections Sections 6500 and 6705; Health and Safety Code section Section 17922.5.