Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 618.625 (2026)

Assessment, amount, payment and recovery of administrative fines; “serious violation” defined

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NRS 618.625  Assessment, amount, payment and recovery of administrative fines; “serious violation” defined.

      1.  The Division may assess administrative fines provided for in this chapter, giving due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with respect to the size of the employer, the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the employer and the history of previous violations.

      2.  The administrative fines which may be imposed pursuant to NRS 618.635, 618.645, 618.655 and 618.675 may not be greater than the monetary amount of the corresponding civil penalty for the applicable violation pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 666, including any adjustments made to the civil penalty pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-74.

      3.  For purposes of this chapter, a serious violation exists in a place of employment if there is a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a condition which exists, or from one or more practices, means, methods, operations or processes which have been adopted or are in use in that place of employment unless the employer did not and could not, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know of the presence of the violation.

      4.  Administrative fines owed under this chapter must be paid to the Division. The fines may be recovered in a civil action in the name of the Division brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the violation is alleged to have occurred or where the employer has his or her principal office.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1022; A 1975, 774; 1981, 588, 1516; 2019, 604)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1976–2019 · leading case: Frith v. Harrah South Shore Corp., 552 P.2d 337 (Nev. 1976).
Frith v. Harrah South Shore Corp., 552 P.2d 337 (Nev. 1976). “545), and assess administrative fines (NRS 618.625). Any employee may seek mandamus against a director who fails to enforce the provisions of the Act.”
Century Steel, Inc. v. State, Div. of Indus. Relations, Occupational Saf. & Health Section, 137 P.3d 1155 (Nev. 2006). · cites it 2× “See NRS 618.625, 618.635, and 618.645. In addition to the two willful violations, NOSHA cited Century Steel for two serious violations, but the Review Board dismissed them, and they are not at issue in this appeal.”
Adm'r of the Div. of Occupational Saf. & Health v. Pabco Gypsum, 775 P.2d 701 (Nev. 1989). · cites it 2× “375; NRS 618.625(2). To prove a serious violation DOSH had to demonstrate that a substantial probability of death or serious injury existed as a result of a condition arising at the workplace, which the employer was aware of or could have been aware of with the exercise of…”
Original Roofing Co. v. Chief Admin. of the Occupational Saf. & Health Admin., 442 P.3d 146 (Nev. 2019). · cites it 2× “See NRS 618.625(2) (providing that "serious violations" exist when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from practices used in the workplace "unless the employer did not and could not, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know…”
The Original Roofing Co., LLC Vs. Chief Admin. Officer of the Occupational Saf. & Health Admin., 2019 NV 18 (Nev. 2019). · cites it 4× “See NRS 618.625(2) (outlining a serious violation of OSHA law).”
Terra Contracting, Inc. v. Chief Admin. Officer of the Occup. Saf. & Health Admin. (Nev. 2016). · cites it 2× “90-1747, 1994); see NRS 618.625(2); NAC 618.788. Instead, Terra contends that NOSHA failed to prove the fourth and last factor, Terra's actual or constructive knowledge of the violations.”
The Original Roofing Co., LLC Vs. Chief Admin. Officer of the Occupational Saf. & Health Admin., 2019 NV 18 (Nev. 2019). · cites it 2× “See NRS 618.625(2) (outlining a serious violation of OSHA law).”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 618.625(2) — 6 cases
Adm'r of the Div. of Occupational Saf. & Health v. Pabco Gypsum, 775 P.2d 701 (Nev. 1989). “375; NRS 618.625(2). To prove a serious violation DOSH had to demonstrate that a substantial probability of death or serious injury existed as a result of a condition arising at the workplace, which the employer was aware of or could have been aware of with the exercise of…”
Century Steel, Inc. v. State, Div. of Indus. Relations, Occupational Saf. & Health Section, 137 P.3d 1155 (Nev. 2006). “See NRS 618.625, 618.635, and 618.645. In addition to the two willful violations, NOSHA cited Century Steel for two serious violations, but the Review Board dismissed them, and they are not at issue in this appeal.”
Original Roofing Co. v. Chief Admin. of the Occupational Saf. & Health Admin., 442 P.3d 146 (Nev. 2019). “See NRS 618.625(2) (providing that "serious violations" exist when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from practices used in the workplace "unless the employer did not and could not, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know…”
The Original Roofing Co., LLC Vs. Chief Admin. Officer of the Occupational Saf. & Health Admin., 2019 NV 18 (Nev. 2019). “See NRS 618.625(2) (outlining a serious violation of OSHA law).”
Terra Contracting, Inc. v. Chief Admin. Officer of the Occup. Saf. & Health Admin. (Nev. 2016). “90-1747, 1994); see NRS 618.625(2); NAC 618.788. Instead, Terra contends that NOSHA failed to prove the fourth and last factor, Terra's actual or constructive knowledge of the violations.”
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