Section 460.711 - Reasonable care required; hand-digging.
PROTECTION OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES (EXCERPT)
Act 53 of 1974
460.711 Reasonable care required; hand-digging.
Sec. 11.
Upon receiving the information provided for in sections 5 or 7, a person or public agency excavating, tunneling, or discharging explosives shall exercise reasonable care when working in close proximity to the underground facilities of any public utility. If the facilities are to be exposed, or are likely to be exposed, only hand-digging shall be employed in such circumstances and such support, as may be reasonably necessary for protection of the facilities, shall be provided in and near the construction area.
History: 1974, Act 53, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975