Revises provisions relating to occupational safety and health. (BDR 53-666)

Existing law requires the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry to provide for the establishment and supervision of programs for the education and training of employers and employees on certain unsafe or unhealthful working conditions. (NRS 618.353) Existing law requires certain employers to establish a written safety program and implement the safety program within 90 days after it is established. (NRS 618.383) If an employer has more than 15 employees who work at a large hybrid environment facility, sections 3 and 5 of this bill require, with certain exceptions, such a written safety program to include the establishment of a program to mitigate occupational exposure to greenhouse gases, other gases and poor air quality. Section 2 of this bill defines the term “large hybrid environment facility” to mean, in general, a facility where employees work: (1) that is at least 10,000 square feet; and (2) at which workers are exposed to outdoor elements for a majority of each shift worked, including, without limitation, through open loading docks or bay doors. Section 4 of this bill makes a conforming change so that the definition of “large hybrid environment facility” applies to the provisions of existing law governing occupational safety and health. Section 3 requires a written safety program relating to a large hybrid environment facility to include provisions that require the establishment of: (1) a system to mitigate exposure to certain air quality issues in accordance with occupational safety and health standards; and (2) a system for monitoring employees for signs of health effects resulting from exposure to certain air quality issues. Section 3 also requires such a program to contain provisions which: (1) require any vehicle which is loading or unloading at the facility to have the engine of the vehicle turned off; (2) require a designated person at the facility, not less than every 4 hours when employees are working, to monitor and record certain air quality information in each area of the facility where employees are working; and (3) take certain actions if the air quality information exceeds any relevant occupational safety and health standards. Section 3 exempts from those requirements state agencies and certain employers who are engaged in: (1) law enforcement, firefighting or otherwise responding to emergencies; (2) solid waste management or the management of hazardous waste; or (3) towing services.

• Fabian DoñateD
• Natha C. AndersonD
• Reuben D'SilvaD
• Selena La Rue HatchD
• Venise KarrisD