CHAPTER 618 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

NAC 618.5215 “Storage pad” defined. (NRS 618.295) “Storage pad” means any flat surface, whether enclosed, partially enclosed or unenclosed, on which ammonium perchlorate is stored. (Added to NAC by Div. of Enforcement for Industrial Safety & Health, 1-22-92, eff. 3-1-92)

NAC 618.5219 Applicability. (NRS 618.295) The provisions of NAC 618.5155 to 618.5335, inclusive, apply to all activities involving the manufacture, handling or storage of ammonium perchlorate in this State except: 1. The handling or storage of less than 10 pounds of ammonium perc…

NAC 618.5223 Training of employees. (NRS 618.295) All employees of every employer, contractor and subcontractor engaged in the manufacture, handling or storage of ammonium perchlorate, except delivery and service workers, must be trained regarding the requirements of NAC 618.5155…

NAC 618.5231 Plan of action for emergency. (NRS 618.295) An employer who operates an operation facility shall establish and maintain for the facility a written plan of action to be taken in an emergency. The plan must satisfy the requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.38 or 29 C.F.R. §…

NAC 618.5235 Contractors and subcontractors: Duties of employer who operates operation facility. (NRS 618.295) An employer who operates an operation facility shall: 1. Inform any contractor or subcontractor performing work at the facility of: (a) All known potential hazards of fi…

NAC 618.5239 Protective clothing and equipment; showers. (NRS 618.295) At each operation facility: 1. If required for the protection of employees, appropriate protective clothing, protective equipment for the eyes and face and respiratory protective equipment must be worn by all …

NAC 618.5243 Facilities for employees to change clothing. (NRS 618.295) A building with facilities for employees to change into and out of work clothes must be provided at each operation facility used to manufacture ammonium perchlorate. The building must comply with the provisio…

NAC 618.5247 Requirements for construction of operation building. (NRS 618.295) 1. Incompatible materials must not be used in the construction of any part of an operation building that may come into direct contact with ammonium perchlorate. 2. All electrical switches, controls, m…

NAC 618.5251 Posting of signs prohibiting smoking. (NRS 618.295) Each operation building in which blending, screening or drying is performed and each storage pad must be clearly posted with signs prohibiting smoking. (Added to NAC by Div. of Enforcement for Industrial Safety & He…

NAC 618.5255 Standards for equipment used to manufacture ammonium perchlorate. (NRS 618.295) 1. Equipment for blending which is used in the manufacture of ammonium perchlorate must be of a construction suitable for the hazards of the materials with which it is used. 2. Any motori…

NAC 618.5259 Safe temperature for drying ammonium perchlorate; mechanism for controlling temperature. (NRS 618.295) 1. A safe temperature for drying ammonium perchlorate must be established by the employer and identified in the written procedure established for that operation. 2.…

NAC 618.5263 Use of separator or detector of foreign materials in screening of raw materials. (NRS 618.295) If necessary for the safe handling of the materials, the screening of raw materials must be supplemented by a separator or detector of foreign materials. (Added to NAC by D…

NAC 618.5267 Barriers to protect against entry; posting of signs warning against trespassing. (NRS 618.295) The boundaries of an operation facility must be fenced unless topographical or other barriers provide adequate protection against entry. Signs warning against trespassing m…

NAC 618.5271 Operating procedures and rules of safety. (NRS 618.295) Each operation must be conducted in accordance with written operating procedures and rules of safety. These procedures and rules must include, without limitation: 1. A description of the procedure required for t…

NAC 618.5275 Availability and enforcement of operating procedures. (NRS 618.295) 1. Applicable portions of the written procedure established for each operation must be readily available to all employees engaged in performing the operation. 2. Each supervisory employee shall maint…

NAC 618.5279 General requirements for manufacture, handling and storage of ammonium perchlorate. (NRS 618.295) 1. Ammonium perchlorate must be manufactured, handled and stored as a substance with explosive properties. 2. A person shall not store, handle or convey ammonium perchlo…

NAC 618.5283 Clean up of spills and hazardous residues; maintenance of clean environment. (NRS 618.295) 1. Any spill of ammonium perchlorate, a chemical intermediate or by-product must be cleaned up immediately. An appropriate system for the clean up and collection of hazardous r…

NAC 618.5287 Redissolution or disposal of contaminated ammonium perchlorate. (NRS 618.295) Except as otherwise provided in this section, ammonium perchlorate that is known or suspected to be contaminated with an incompatible material must be promptly redissolved. If a redissoluti…

NAC 618.5291 Identification, labeling and tracking of redissolve and finished ammonium perchlorate. (NRS 618.295) Redissolve and finished ammonium perchlorate must be identified, labeled and tracked from production to final disposition. (Added to NAC by Div. of Enforcement for In…

NAC 618.5295 Tools and equipment. (NRS 618.295) 1. Appropriate tools and equipment must be used in each operation, including any clean-up activity. 2. Any tool used to lubricate, repair or adjust equipment used in an operation must be removed from the operation building or return…

NAC 618.5299 Repair of operation building and machinery. (NRS 618.295) Any repair to an operation building or to machinery used in an operation must not be made without prior cleanup, decontamination and the approval by a qualified employee designated by the employer. (Added to N…

NAC 618.5303 Use of inorganic oil for lubrication. (NRS 618.295) To the extent practicable, inorganic oil must be used for lubrication within an operation facility. (Added to NAC by Div. of Enforcement for Industrial Safety & Health, 1-22-92, eff. 3-1-92)

NAC 618.5307 Facilities for storage of lubricating oil or fuel oil; performance of fueling operations. (NRS 618.295) 1. All facilities for the storage of lubricating oil or fuel oil, including heating oil, must be: (a) Separated from any operation building or storage pad; and (b)…

NAC 618.5311 Restriction of vehicular traffic; inspection and cleaning of vehicles used within operation facility. (NRS 618.295) 1. Except as required for the purposes of education or training, vehicular traffic that is not essential to the conduct or maintenance of the operation…

NAC 618.5315 Permit for hot work. (NRS 618.295) 1. A permit is required for any hot work performed at an operation facility, except for work performed in a welding shop that is permanently established at the facility. Each employer shall designate a qualified employee to issue su…

NAC 618.5319 Transportation of ammonium perchlorate. (NRS 618.295) 1. If ammonium perchlorate is transported within an operation facility, it must be placed in a container meeting the requirements of NAC 618.5331 and covered with a lid. Motorized equipment used to transport ammon…

NAC 618.5323 Storage of ammonium perchlorate: General requirements. (NRS 618.295) 1. Ammonium perchlorate must be stored on a storage pad except while it is in process, being loaded or unloaded into a vehicle for transportation or during handling. 2. Not more than 300,000 pounds …

NAC 618.5327 Storage of ammonium perchlorate: Construction of storage pad. (NRS 618.295) Any storage pad constructed or replaced on or after March 1, 1992, must be constructed of concrete. (Added to NAC by Div. of Enforcement for Industrial Safety & Health, 1-22-92, eff. 3-1-92)

NAC 618.5331 Storage of ammonium perchlorate: Requirements for containers. (NRS 618.295) 1. Any container used to store ammonium perchlorate: (a) Must be approved by the Enforcement Section or comply with the standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 173.127 for containers used in the t…

NAC 618.5335 Storage of ammonium perchlorate: Distances from inhabited buildings, storage pads and operation buildings. (NRS 618.295) 1. Inhabited buildings, storage pads and operation buildings must be separated by the following minimum distances from the specified quantities of…

NAC 618.538 Establishment of written safety program. (NRS 618.295, 618.383) An employer who enters into business in this State after May 18, 1994, shall, within 60 days after the date on which his or her eleventh employee is hired in this State, establish a written safety program…

NAC 618.540 Requirements of written safety program. (NRS 618.295, 618.383) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in addition to the requirements set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 618.383, a written safety program must include: (a) A statement explaining that the manager…

NAC 618.542 Records of written safety program. (NRS 618.295, 618.383) 1. An employer who establishes a written safety program shall keep written records of: (a) The safety and health issues which are discussed at the meetings of the safety committee, if the employer is required t…

NAC 618.544 Required document and videotape: Conformance with document and videotape published or produced by Division; signature by employee or employer; interpretation of “videotape.” (NRS 618.295, 618.376) 1. The contents of the document required by NRS 618.376 that sets forth…

NAC 618.610 “Unit” interpreted. (NRS 618.295, 618.7317) For the purposes of NRS 618.7301 to 618.7318, inclusive, the Division interprets the term “unit” to mean a component of a medical facility, including, without limitation, a group, department, section or wing, that is used fo…

NAC 618.612 Medical facility required to report certain incidents of workplace violence to Division. (NRS 618.295, 618.7317) A medical facility shall report to the nearest office of the Division: 1. Any fatality, inpatient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye of an emplo…

NAC 618.614 Contents of plan for prevention of and response to workplace violence; requirements for procedures to respond to hazard relating to workplace violence. (NRS 618.295, 618.7317) 1. Every plan for the prevention of and response to workplace violence which is developed pu…

NAC 618.616 Measure implemented by medical facility to prevent or mitigate risk of workplace violence required to effectively address hazardous conditions which constitute risk. (NRS 618.295, 618.7317) Any engineering control, work practice control or other appropriate measure wh…

NAC 618.618 Log of workplace violence incidents: Medical facility required to maintain; basis and contents of information required to be recorded; omission of personally identifiable information; periodic review. (NRS 618.295, 618.7316, 618.7317) 1. A medical facility shall maint…

NAC 618.630 Definitions. (NRS 618.295) As used in NAC 618.630 to 618.6382, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NAC 618.6304 to 618.6313, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NAC by Div. of Occupati…

NAC 618.6304 “Affected employee” defined. (NRS 618.295) “Affected employee” means an employee who would be affected by the grant or denial of a variance from a standard adopted pursuant to chapter 618 of NRS, or the employee’s authorized representative, such as his or her agent f…

NAC 618.6307 “Interim order” defined. (NRS 618.295) “Interim order” means an order which is effective during the period between the receipt of a request for a variance and a final decision. (Added to NAC by Div. of Occupational Safety & Health, eff. 8-26-83)

NAC 618.631 “Permanent order” defined. (NRS 618.295) “Permanent order” means an order for a variance which remains in effect for the time during which the conditions addressed in the request exist. (Added to NAC by Div. of Occupational Safety & Health, eff. 8-26-83)

NAC 618.6313 “Temporary order” defined. (NRS 618.295) “Temporary order” means an order which is effective during the period after the adoption of a new standard to allow the employer a reasonable time to conform to the new standard. (Added to NAC by Div. of Occupational Safety & …

NAC 618.6316 Application for permanent variance: General requirements. (NRS 618.295) An application for a permanent variance from a standard adopted under chapter 618 of NRS must: 1. Be submitted on a form provided by the Enforcement Section. 2. Be legible. 3. Be signed by the ap…

NAC 618.6319 Application for permanent variance: Contents. (NRS 618.295) An application for a permanent variance must include: 1. The applicant’s name, address and telephone number; 2. The address of each place of employment involved; 3. A description of the conditions, practices…

NAC 618.6322 Interim order: Application; notice of terms of order. (NRS 618.295) 1. An employer may apply for an interim order for a variance to be effective until a decision is rendered on an application for a temporary variance. An application for an interim order may include s…