NV Rev Stat § 618.378 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 618 - Occupational Safety and Health|NRS 618.378 - Employer required to report certain accidents and motor vehicle crashes occurring in the course of employment; investigation of accident or crash by Division; insurer to report claimed or reported injuries and diseases; compliance with federal recordkeeping and reporting requirements; variances to those requirements.

  1. Any accident or motor vehicle crash occurring in the course of employment which is fatal to one or more employees must be reported by the employer orally to the nearest office of the Division within 8 hours after the time that the accident or crash is reported to any agent or employee of the employer.  2. Any accident or motor vehicle crash occurring in the course of employment which results in the inpatient hospitalization of one or more employees, the amputation of a part of an employee’s body or an employee’s loss of an eye must be reported by the employer orally to the nearest office of the Division within 24 hours after the time that the accident or crash is reported to any agent or employee of the employer.  3. A report submitted to the Division pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 or 2 must include:  (a) The name of the employer;  (b) The location and time of the accident or crash;  (c) The number of employees who were hospitalized as inpatients or who suffered fatalities, amputations or loss of an eye as a result of the accident or crash;  (d) The names of the employees who were hospitalized as inpatients or who suffered fatalities, amputations or loss of an eye as a result of the accident or crash;  (e) A brief description of the accident or crash; and  (f) The name of a person who may be contacted by the Division for further information.  Upon receipt of such a report, the Division shall notify the employer of the estimated time that the Division’s investigator will arrive at the site of the accident or crash. The Division shall initiate an investigation at the site of the accident or crash within 8 hours after receiving the report.  4. An industrial insurer shall provide to the Division a monthly report setting forth the number, type and severity of industrial injuries and occupational diseases reported or claimed by employees in the preceding month. The report must identify the employer and be sorted according to the employer’s Standard Industrial Classification or classification for the purposes of industrial insurance. The Division shall by regulation prescribe the form for the report made pursuant to this subsection. As used in this subsection, "industrial insurer" has the meaning ascribed to the term "insurer" in NRS 616A.270.  5. All employers shall maintain accurate records and make reports to the United States Assistant Secretary of Labor in the same manner and to the same extent as if this chapter were not in effect.  6. The Division shall make such reasonable reports to the Assistant Secretary of Labor in such form and containing such information as the Assistant Secretary of Labor may from time to time require.  7. Requests for variances to federal recordkeeping and reporting regulations must be submitted to and obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor. All variances granted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics must be respected by the Division.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 2432; A 1993, 2805; 1995, 74; 2015, 1689; 2017, 77)