Las Vegas, NV January 26, 2021
The Division of Industrial Relations today
announced updates to Section 618 of the Nevada Administrative Code (NAC)
related to occupational safety and health training requirements for workers in
the convention services industry. The updated regulations provide guidance and
details on the statutory requirements found in Nevada Revised Statute Sections
618.9920 – 618.9931.
Background:
During
the 80th session of the Nevada Legislature, lawmakers adopted Senate
Bill 119 which established requirements for certain workers and supervisors in the
convention services industries to obtain training on relevant safety and health
issues within 15 days of starting work in the industry. Workers who perform
construction, installation, maintenance, operation, repair or removal of trade
show or exhibition displays must be trained. The bill aligns with previously
enacted rules mandating similar training requirements for workers in the
construction and entertainment industries. All construction and general
industry 10- and 30-hour training programs approved by the Nevada Occupational
Safety and Health Administration will satisfy the training requirements for the
convention services industry.
The
intent of the training requirement is to provide workers who are regularly
exposed to workplace safety and health hazards with basic information about how
to identify and avoid injuries and illnesses commonly associated with their
work. Convention services combine
elements of construction and general industry work, making both construction
and general industry training programs suitable to provide awareness level
training to workers.
The
statutory requirements mandating training for convention services workers
became effective January 1, 2020. The
newly adopted sections of the NAC became effective on January 21, 2021,
following a series of public meetings and solicitation of public comment on the
regulations. The updated regulations are available for review at http://dir.nv.gov/OSHA.
Training
information, course registration for free state-sponsored training, and a list
of approved private industry training providers can be found on the Division of
Industrial Relations Safety Consultation and Training Section’s 10 and 30 Hour
OSHA Training website- http://nv1030.org. Free training provided by SCATS fills
quickly and is offered based on space-limited availability requiring advanced
registration.
About the Division of Industrial Relations:
The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations is the principal
regulatory agency responsible for workplace safety and worker protections in
the state of Nevada. Comprised of five sections – the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, the Worker’s Compensation Section, the Mechanical
Compliance Section, the Mine Safety and Training Section, and the Safety
Consultation and Training Section – DIR works to protect Nevada’s working men
and women and provides a broad scope of training and support to the regulated
community. For more information, please visit http://dir.nv.gov
About Nevada OSHA:
Nevada OSHA operates as an approved state program as defined by
section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and is required by
the Act to operate in a manner that is at least as effective as the federal
OSHA enforcement program. Operating out of district offices in Las Vegas and
Reno, Nevada OSHA conducts inspections and investigations intended to identify
hazardous conditions which could harm Nevada’s workers and enforces state and
federal laws protecting the state’s workers. From July 2019 – June 2020, Nevada
OSHA processed conducted 714 inspections, issuing an average of 1.6 violations
per inspection.
The Nevada State Plan, at the time of publication of this media
release, is funded by a grant of $1,602,700 federal funds, which constitutes 50
percent of the State Plan budget. Fifty percent, or $1,602,700 of the State
Plan budget, is financed through non-governmental sources. For more information
visit http://dir.nv.gov/OSHA/
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