OSHA Regulations

Nevada's OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 Requirements under NV Assembly Bill 148

Cashman's Safety Manager, Jim Rawlings, met with Steve Coffield, Chief Administrative Officer of OSHA, in late December 2009 to discuss and clarify Nevada Assembly Bill No. 148 regarding OSHA -10 and OSHA-30 training. The bill requires all construction workers be trained in an OSHA Construction 10 hour or 30 hour safety and health training classes in order to work on a construction site depending on their job classification. However, there has been some confusion as to who the new rule applies to. Rawlings returned to Cashman with the following clarifications to report.

Q: What is considered to be a construction site?
A: A construction site is any location at which construction work is commencing or is in progress.

Q: What work activities are covered by this statute?
A: The statute requires employees on a construction site to receive OSHA 10 or 30 Hour Construction course completion cards or equivalent and/or continuing education every five years.

Q: How does Nevada define a construction worker?
A: Construction worker means a person who actually performs physical work at a construction site that results in the building, alteration or destruction involved in the construction project including, without limitation, painting and decorating; or who supervises any person engaged in that work.

For additional information, please read the Nevada Assembly Bill 148.

You DO NOT FALL UNDER THIS BILL if:

• You are NOT working on the construction project itself
• You are working on equipment on site
• You are selling equipment to the contractor on site
• You are delivering parts/equipment on site
• You are conducting training on site

You DO FALL UNDER THIS BILL if:

• You are asked by a worker, at any level, to move dirt, hammer nails, pour concrete, etc.
  • If you are caught by an OSHA compliance officer working on site, Cashman will get cited and you will need to go through training
• If the General Contractor of the construction site requires everyone to have the training
  • You have 15 days from the time you are told to get the necessary training

Note: Cashman strives to keep our costs down for our customers. However, if your jobsite requires our people to remove themselves from work to receive OSHA 10 certification, our service rates will be adjusted accordingly.