{"id":"DUT-NV-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nevada","state":"NV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nevada Legislature; administered by the Division of Industrial Relations, Department of Business and Industry (Nevada OSHA), an approved State plan under 29 U.S.C. 667","authority":"Nev. Const. art. 4, s. 1; Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Act, Stats. 1973, ch. 591 (NRS ch. 618); 29 U.S.C. 667 (State plan)","instrument":"Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 618 (Occupational Safety and Health), NRS 618.005 to 618.990","title":"NRS Chapter 618 - Occupational Safety and Health (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature)","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing law in force throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers; owners or lessees of any real property used as a place of employment (618.395)"],"clause":"Every employer shall: 1. Furnish employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his or her employees.... 5. Do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the lives, safety and health of employees.","enforcement":"NRS 618.625(2): administrative fines up to the corresponding federal civil penalty under 29 U.S.C. 666 as inflation-adjusted (in 2021, $13,653 per serious violation and $136,532 per willful or repeated violation); 618.635 willful or repeated violations; 618.645 mandatory fine for each serious violation; 618.655 failure to correct; 618.685 willful violation causing death: misdemeanor, up to $50,000 and 6 months (first offense), gross misdemeanor up to $100,000 and 364 days (subsequent); NRS 618.545(1): emergency order of the Administrator restraining conditions or practices of imminent danger and prohibiting \u0027the employment or presence of any person\u0027 where the danger exists, with injunctive relief","functions":[],"notes":"Every employer must furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm, \u0027adopt and use such practices, means, methods, operations and processes as are reasonably adequate to render such employment and places of employment safe and comply with all orders issued by the Division,\u0027 and \u0027do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the lives, safety and health of employees\u0027; no employer may \u0027require, permit or suffer any employee to go or be in any employment or place of employment which is not safe and healthful\u0027 (618.385), and no employer, owner or lessee of real property may maintain a place of employment that is not safe and healthful (618.395).","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-618.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1539926,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NV","url":"/library/DUT-NV-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NV-004","citation":"Nevada Legislature; administered by the Division of Industrial Relations, Department of Business and Industry (Nevada OSHA), an approved State plan under 29 U.S.C. 667, Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 618 (Occupational Safety and Health), NRS 618.005 to 618.990 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-004)","stateName":"Nevada","related":["AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-032","NV-054"]}