Section 6707 Of Chapter 9. Miscellaneous Safety Provisions From California Labor Code >> Division 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9.
6707
. Whenever the state, a county, city and county, or city issues
a call for bids for the construction of a pipeline, sewer, sewage
disposal system, boring and jacking pits, or similar trenches or open
excavations, which are five feet or deeper, such call shall specify
that each bid submitted in response thereto shall contain, as a bid
item, adequate sheeting, shoring, and bracing, or equivalent method,
for the protection of life or limb, which shall conform to applicable
safety orders. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose
tort liability on the body awarding the contract or any of its
employees. This section shall not apply to contracts awarded pursuant
to the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 14250) of
Part 5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.