2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 455 - Excavations and High-Voltage Lines
NRS 455.010 - Erection of fence or other safeguard around excavation, hole or shaft required.
Any person or persons, company or corporation, who shall dig, sink or excavate, or cause the same to be done, or being the owner or owners, or in the possession under any lease or contract, of any shaft, excavation or hole, whether used for mining or otherwise, or whether dug, sunk or excavated for the purpose of mining, to obtain water, or for any other purpose, within this State, shall, during the time they may be employed in digging, sinking or excavating, or after they may have ceased work upon or abandoned the same, erect, or cause to be erected, good and substantial fences or other safeguards, and keep the same in good repair, around such works or shafts, sufficient to guard securely against danger to persons and animals from falling into such shafts or excavations.
[1:16:1866; B § 109; BH § 290; C § 271; RL § 3233; NCL § 5630]
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