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12/11/2025
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Nevada operates an OSHA-approved State Plan covering most private sector workers and all state and local government workers. The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Nevada OSHA) has incorporated most OSHA standards by reference with a few additions for specialized situations.
Additional stipulations include:
- The following substances shall be deemed to be known carcinogens that are reasonably associated with the following disabling cancers:
- Asbestos, benzene, diesel exhaust and soot, digoxin, ethylene oxide, Arsenic, asbestos, cadmium, chromium compounds, oils, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, radon, silica, soot and tars = known carcinogens associated with lung cancer.
Related information
Citations
- 29 CFR 1910 Subpart Z – ezExplanation
- 29 CFR 1910.1053
- Chapter 617, NRS 617.453 – Cancer as occupational disease of firefighters and other fire-related occupations
- Chapter 457 – Cancer
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