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House passes excavation safety bill after sponsor recounts fatal gas-line accident

Utah House of Representatives · March 1, 1995

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Summary

House Bill 310, which requires careful hand excavation within 14—124 inches of underground utilities and other safety measures around blue stakes, passed the House unanimously (67 yes, 0 nos) after the sponsor described an incident in her district in which an elderly woman died following a gas-line rupture.

House Bill 310, sponsored by Representative Loretta Baca, passed the Utah House unanimously on March 1 after the sponsor described a fatal accident that motivated the proposal.

Baca said the bill responds to a recent death in her district when excavators ruptured a gas line and the ensuing…

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