Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001B Hazard: UNAPOPPROC

Nevada Revised Statute 618.375(1): Duties of employers. The employer failed to furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees: In the alternative, the employer failed to ensure that exposed hot work areas were monitored, as follows: a.Located at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, a team of sub-contractor employees were performing hot work operations on an upper platform of the roof. The employees were installing a platform davit system (catwalk) that would encompass the entire interior wall. While installing the catwalk, the employees were using a saws-all, an angle grinder and an oxygen-acetylene torch to reach and remove welds that had been left there from the previous installation. A fire started when sparks from the hot work operations landed on the lower section of an adjacent wall igniting a blaze. The fire continued to travel to the exterior facade and to several upper floors of the resort and casino. The entire hot work area was not monitored by employees. The lower roof and the exterior facade did not have additional personnel assigned to ensure that a fire did not ignite. Reference: 2000 Uniform Fire Code, Article 49-Hot Work, Section 4901-General, 4901.4.2 Location; The fire watch shall include the entire hot-work area. Hot work conducted in areas with vertical or horizontal fire exposures that are not observable by a single individual shall have additional personnel assigned to fire watches to ensure that exposed areas are monitored. One feasible means of abatement would be to follow the hot work requirements set forth in the 2000 addition of the Uniform Fire Code.