1.  ’Excavation’ means the movement or removal of earth, rock or other material in or on the ground by:

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 455.092

  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039

(a) Use of mechanical equipment;

(b) Use of non-mechanical equipment by:

(1) A contractor; or

(2) Any person, other than a contractor, if at any point the movement or removal of such material occurs more than 12 inches below the surface of the original groundline; or

(c) The placement and discharge of explosives.

2.  The term includes augering, backfilling, boring, digging, ditching, drilling, grading, plowing-in, ripping, scraping, trenching and tunneling.