Nevada Contractor License Exam — All Questions
2 questions
Workplace safety on Nevada construction sites is enforced primarily by which agency?
- a.The Nevada State Contractors Board's examination division
- b.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- c.Nevada OSHA, part of the Division of Industrial Relations, which operates an OSHA-approved state plan✓
- d.There is no workplace-safety enforcement in Nevada
Nevada runs its own OSHA-approved state plan through Nevada OSHA within the Division of Industrial Relations (DIR). It enforces standards at least as effective as federal OSHA, so contractors answer to the state program on jobsite safety.NRS Chapter 618 (Nevada OSHA / Division of Industrial Relations)
A work-related fatality occurs on a Nevada jobsite. Within how many hours must the employer report it to the OSHA authority?
- a.24 hours
- b.72 hours
- c.8 hours✓
- d.30 days
A work-related fatality must be reported within 8 hours of the employer learning of it. An in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye carries a 24-hour reporting clock. Swapping the 8-hour fatality clock for 24 hours is a common trap.29 CFR 1904.39 (severe-injury reporting), applied through Nevada OSHA