29 CFR 1910.133 · Nevada · FY2025
Eye & Face Protection in Nevada: FY2025 OSHA citations
18 citation items under 29 CFR 1910.133 at inspected sites in Nevada, from 8 inspections.
From Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025, the Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement data record 18 citation items under 29 CFR 1910.133 at inspected sites in Nevada, in 8 inspections. Among the 97 sections of 29 CFR parts 1904, 1910 and 1926 cited in Nevada that year (1,457 citation items in all), this one ranks 20th by items. These counts describe inspected establishments, not the whole industry.
Paragraphs of 29 CFR 1910.133 cited in Nevada
| Paragraph | Items | Share of the 18 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.133(a)(1) | 13 | 72% |
| 1910.133(a)(3) | 5 | 28% |
“(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.”
“(3) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design, or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses.”
How the Nevada citations were classified
Of the 18 citation items: 8 serious, 10 willful, 0 repeat and 0 other-than-serious (44% serious).
Who was inspected in Nevada
50% of the 8 inspections with a recorded headcount were at sites with 26 to 100 employees. The headcount is the inspected site's, not the employer's total.
| 1 to 10 | 2 |
| 11 to 25 | 1 |
| 26 to 100 | 4 |
| 101 to 250 | 1 |
| Manufacturing | 12 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 5 |
| Retail Trade | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing | 10 |
| Traveler Accommodation | 5 |
| Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing | 1 |
When the items were issued
By quarter of FY2025: Oct to Dec 2024: 4; Jan to Mar 2025: 11; Apr to Jun 2025: 3; Jul to Sep 2025: 0.
Who enforced in Nevada
Nevada has an OSHA-approved State Plan that ordinarily covers private-sector employers and state and local government workers. All 18 of the items were recorded by the State Plan's office. A State Plan may have standards of its own. The paragraphs on this page are the federal 29 CFR numbers recorded in OSHA's data, and this page does not say which Nevada rule applies to a given workplace. OSHA's page on the Nevada State Plan, with its coverage.
Nevada against the other states
Nevada ranks 11th of the 44 states, DC and territories with items under 29 CFR 1910.133 in this data. The most items: Tennessee 49; Maryland 45; Minnesota 44; New York 31; Ohio 31. In all, the data record 492 citation items under 29 CFR 1910.133; the 18 in Nevada are 3.7% of them. Penalty maximums: OSHA penalties in Nevada.
Next steps for a Nevada employer
- Federal text of the standard: 29 CFR 1910.133, Eye & Face Protection
- Free tool: PPE Selector
- Free tool: HazCom Compliance Scorer
- Software: HazComFast EHS software
Counts by HazComFast from the Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement data, extracted Oct 13, 2026; deleted items left out, 29 CFR numbers only. They are not figures OSHA publishes for the state, and the live database can change them. Same data source and method as our HazCom enforcement study. Not legal advice.