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Fla. Stat. § 553.60 (2025)

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553.60 Short title.This act may be cited as the “Trench Safety Act.”
History.s. 1, ch. 90-96.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2008–2008 · leading case: Cabrera v. T.J. Pavement Corp., 2 So. 3d 996 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008).
Cabrera v. T.J. Pavement Corp., 2 So. 3d 996 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008). “See §§ 553.60-64, Fla. Stat. (2007). This Act expressly requires all contract bids for excavating trenches exceeding five feet in depth to refer to the trench safety standards that will be in effect during the work; to state in writing that the contractor performing the work…”
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