Common use of General Requirements Relating to Personnel, Equipment, Materials, and Public Safety Clause in Contracts

General Requirements Relating to Personnel, Equipment, Materials, and Public Safety. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, Applicant shall be responsible for selecting the employees and contractors who will perform work on Applicant’s behalf on, within, and in the vicinity of SWBT’s poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way. Applicant, its contractors, subcontractors, and other vendors acting on Applicant’s behalf shall also be responsible for selecting the personnel who perform work on Applicant’s behalf at such sites, directing the work performed by such personnel, compensating their respective employees, and complying with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and agency orders relating to withholding taxes, social security taxes, and other employment-related taxes. The provisions of this section are intended to protect the integrity of the networks, facilities and operations of SWBT, Applicant and joint users, to protect the health and safety of persons working on, within, or in the vicinity of SWBT’s poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way, to assure the financial responsibility of all persons and entities performing work on, within, or in the vicinity of SWBT’s poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way, and to protect the public at large. The requirements of this section (other than the provisions of subsection (h)) shall be reciprocal and shall apply to SWBT and personnel acting on SWBT’s behalf to the same extent they apply to Applicant.

General Requirements Relating to Personnel, Equipment, Materials, and Public Safety. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, Applicant shall be responsible for selecting the employees and contractors who will perform work on Applicant’s behalf on, within, and in the vicinity of SWBTNEVADA’s poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way. Applicant, its contractors, subcontractors, and other vendors acting on Applicant’s behalf shall also be responsible for selecting the personnel who perform work on Applicant’s behalf at such sites, directing the work performed by such personnel, compensating their respective employees, and complying with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and agency orders relating to withholding taxes, social security taxes, and other employment-related taxes. The provisions of this section are intended to protect the integrity of the networks, facilities and operations of SWBTNEVADA, Applicant and joint users, to protect the health and safety of persons working on, within, or in the vicinity of SWBTNEVADA’s poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way, to assure the financial responsibility of all persons and entities performing work on, within, or in the vicinity of SWBTNEVADA’s poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way, and to protect the public at large. The requirements of this section (other than the provisions of subsection (h)Section 6.9.8) shall be reciprocal and shall apply to SWBT NEVADA and personnel acting on SWBTNEVADA’s behalf to the same extent they apply to Applicant.