what is the difference between incidnet and inspection

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## Chapter 9 ## COMPLAINT AND REFERRAL PROCESSING ## 1. SAFETY AND HEALTH COMPLAINTS AND REFERRALS ## a. DEFINITIONS - 1. Complaint - Notice of an alleged safety or health hazard (over which NV OSHA has jurisdiction), or a violation of the NV OSH Act, submitted by a current employee or representative of employees. - A. Formal - Complaint made by a current employee or a representative of employees that meets all of the following requirements: - · Asserts that an imminent danger, a violation of the NVOSH Act, or a violation of a NV OSHA or Fed OSHA standard exposes employees to a potential physical or health harm in the workplace; - · Is reduced to writing or submitted on an OSHA-7 form; and - · Is signed by at least one current employee or employee representative. - B. Non-Formal - Any complaint alleging safety or a health violation that does not meet all of the requirements of a formal complaint identified above and does not come from one of the sources identified under the definition of Referral, below. - 2. Inspection - An onsite examination of an employer's worksite conducted by a NV OSHA CSHO, initiated as the result of a complaint or referral, and meeting at least one of the criteria identified in Criteria Warranting an Inspection , below. - 3. Inquiry -A process conducted in response to a complaint or a referral that does not meet one of the identified inspection criteria as listed in Criteria Warranting an Inspection . It does not involve an onsite inspection of the workplace, but rather the employer is notified of the alleged hazard(s) or violation(s) by letter. The employer is then requested to provide a response, and NV OSHA will notify the complainant of that response via letter. - 4. Electronic Complaint - A complaint submitted via Federal OSHA's public website. All complaints submitted via Federal OSHA's public website are considered non-formal. - 5. Permanently Disabling Injury or Illness -An injury or illness that has resulted in permanent disabil…