The hearing Thursday before the House Education and Labor Committee follows a scathing report earlier this month by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The report said Nevada has poorly trained investigators and its program is in "urgent" need of oversight corrections.
Among those scheduled to testify are Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; state Industrial Relations Administrator Don Jayne; and Debi Koehler-Fergen, the mother of a worker killed at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The federal review was launched after 25 construction workers died in Nevada from January 2008 to June 2009, including six at one site alone. Many worked on high-rise projects along the Las Vegas Strip.
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