1. If, upon inspection or investigation, the Administrator or the Administrator’s authorized representative believes that an employer has violated a requirement of this chapter, or any standard, rule or order adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter, the Division shall with reasonable promptness issue a citation to the employer. Each citation must be in writing […]
1. If, after an inspection or investigation, the Division issues a citation under the provisions of this chapter, it shall, within a reasonable time after the termination of the inspection or investigation, notify the employer by certified mail of the penalty, if any, proposed to be assessed under this chapter and that the employer has […]
1. During an investigation of an accident or motor vehicle crash occurring in the course of employment which is fatal to one or more employees, the Division shall use its best efforts to interview the immediate family of each deceased employee to obtain any information relevant to the investigation, including, without limitation, information which the […]
In an investigation the Division may cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for taking depositions in civil actions in courts of record. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1022; A 1981, 1514)
1. Each witness who appears in obedience to a subpoena before the Division or its representative is entitled to receive for his or her attendance the fees and mileage provided for witnesses in civil cases in courts of record. 2. Claims for witnesses’ fees must be audited and paid by the Division. 3. No witness […]
If any person disobeys an order of the Division, a subpoena issued by it or one of its representatives, refuses to permit an inspection or refuses to testify as a witness to any matter regarding which the person may be lawfully interrogated, then the district judge of the county in which the person resides, on […]
1. The Division may prosecute, defend and maintain actions in the name of the Division for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and is entitled to all extraordinary writs provided by the Constitution of the State of Nevada, the statutes of this State and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure in connection therewith […]
Every order of the Division, general or special, and its rules, regulations, findings and decisions, made and entered under the provisions of this chapter, are admissible as evidence in any prosecution for the violation of any of the provisions, and must, in every such prosecution, be presumed to be reasonable and lawful and to fix […]
1. The Administrator may issue an emergency order to restrain any conditions or practices in any place of employment which are such that a danger exists which could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm immediately or before the imminence of the danger can be eliminated through the other enforcement procedures provided […]
If the Administrator arbitrarily or capriciously fails to issue an emergency order pursuant to NRS 618.545, any employee who may be injured by reason of such failure, or the representative of such employees may bring an action against the Administrator in the district court for the district in which the imminent danger is alleged to […]
