October 20, 2011 by Fred Hosier
As someone in charge of workplace safety, you know it’s possible to create a new hazard by eliminating an old one — an unintended consequence. It appears that’s the case in Nevada where a new ban on using hand-held cell phones while driving went into effect this month.
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Tags: cell phone law, hand-held cell phones, hands-free cell phones, Nevada, unintended consequences
July 7, 2011 by Fred Hosier
If a state tells its occupational safety and health inspectors that they have to find a higher percentage of serious, willful and repeat violations, has it set up a quota system?
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Tags: inspection quota, Las Vegas, Nevada, serious willful repeat violations
June 13, 2011 by Fred Hosier
One governor has thumbed his nose at federal OSHA’s suggestions for strengthening his state’s safety agency. This is the same state that had much to do with federal OSHA’s crackdown on state workplace safety programs.
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Tags: burden to businesses, Gov. Brian Sandoval, Nevada, State OSHAs
October 1, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Federal OSHA is cracking down on states that run their own occupational safety and health programs. For employers, that means more inspections and higher fines.
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Tags: California, Hawaii, Nevada, state occupational safety programs, tougher enforcement
August 3, 2009 by Jim Burger
OSHA is doing something it hasn’t done in a long time: The federal agency has formed a task force to investigate a state workplace safety agency.
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Tags: Jordan Barab, Nevada, OSHA
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