IC 22-8-4
    Chapter 4. Private Sector Construction Safety

IC 22-8-4-1
Contracts; incorporation of safety regulations
    
Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to a construction, an improvement,or a maintenance project that may require the creation of a trench ofat least five (5) feet in depth.
    (b) IOSHA regulations 29 C.F.R. 1926, Subpart P, for trenchsafety systems shall be incorporated into the contract.
    (c) The contract shall provide that the cost for trench safetysystems shall be paid for:
        (1) as a separate pay item; or
        (2) in the pay item of the principal work with which the safetysystems are associated.
As added by P.L.1-1990, SEC.238.