"The federal inquiry comes about one month after Fortune published an investigation revealing that Nevada OSHA had issued three "willful" and serious citations to Boring Company, the tunneling venture founded by Elon Musk that is digging an underground Tesla tunnel system below Las Vegas and the broader county. The citations were handed to Boring after two firefighters were burned by chemicals in one of its tunnels during a training drill."
"Shortly after the citations were issued earlier this year, Boring Company's president called a member of Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo's Office and set up a meeting with senior state officials, and the state agency rescinded those citations within 24 hours. The removal of the citations was not documented in the case file, and a line item in Nevada OSHA's case diary that described the meeting was later deleted from a public record, Fortune found."
"Nevada OSHA and the state agencies that sit above it have maintained that Nevada OSHA withdrew the citations after the phone call because it determined that the citations had not met legal requirements, and were therefore not valid. Nevada OSHA has also said that the governor's office regularly receives complaints from businesses in the state and that this instance only stands out "due to the high-profile nature of the business because of its affiliation with Elon Musk.""
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened a federal review into whether Nevada OSHA is at least as effective as the federal agency after receiving a complaint. The review followed an investigation that revealed Nevada OSHA issued three "willful" and serious citations to the Boring Company after two firefighters were burned by chemicals during a tunnel training drill. Boring Company's president contacted a member of the Nevada governor's office and arranged a meeting with senior state officials; Nevada OSHA rescinded the citations within 24 hours. The rescission was not documented in the case file and a case diary entry describing the meeting was later deleted. Nevada OSHA and state officials said the citations did not meet legal requirements and noted the governor's office routinely receives business complaints.
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