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Last Revised: April 2025

Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) of 1970 prescribes certain regulations regarding occupational safety and health including the reporting and recording of industrial accidents and illnesses.  The purpose of the act is to require employers to provide a safe and healthful place to work.  All unsafe acts and unsafe conditions must be reported to Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) so that the situation can be addressed. 

EH&S is responsible for implementing occupational safety and health programs, monitoring compliance with OSHA standards, and coordinating on-site OSHA compliance inspections.  In the event of an inspection of a University Of Nevada, Reno workplace by the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Enforcement Section (NVOSHA), the University department being inspected must notify EH&S immediately. 

Supervisors must also immediately report to EH&S any workplace injury that results or could foreseeably result in a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye so that the OSHA Area Office may be notified, as appropriate. Upon notification, EH&S will ensure compliance with OSHA-mandated reporting timelines as specified:

• Fatalities must be reported within 8 hours of the death, for all fatalities occurring within 30 days of the work-related incident.
• In-patient hospitalizations must be reported within 24 hours of the hospitalization, for all hospitalizations occurring within 24 hours of the work-related incident.
• Amputations must be reported within 24 hours of the amputation, for all amputations occurring within 24 hours of the work-related incident.
• Losses of an eye must be reported within 24 hour of the loss of an eye, for all losses of an eye occurring within 24 hours of the work-related incident.