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An Act To Enhance Safety at Construction Sites by Regulating Open Trenches
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  23 MRSA §3360-A, sub-§4-E  is enacted to read:
 
4-E.  Excavation safety.   An excavator shall mark and erect a barrier or other safeguard around an unattended excavation to prevent a person, animal or motor vehicle from unintentionally falling into the excavation.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires an excavator to mark and erect a barrier or other safeguard around an unattended excavation to prevent a person, animal or motor vehicle from unintentionally falling into the excavation.