While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in § 55.115, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the city, the State Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company, and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the city employees, and the city shall indemnify the company against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operating, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain conditions as required in § 55.083.
(1999 Code, § 38-5-53)