§ 33.275. Inspections.

 (a)  Daily inspections of excavations shall be made by a competent person representing the contractor. If evidence of possible cave-ins or slides is apparent, all work in the excavation shall cease until the necessary precautions have been taken to safeguard the workmen.

 (b)  Excavations shall be inspected by a person in the employ of the contractor or the contractor doing the excavation work after every rainstorm or other hazard increasing occurrence, and the protection against slides and cave-ins increased if necessary.

 (c)  Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent representatives of the Department from making inspections of all excavations in this Commonwealth.