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Escalator Safety Tips
About 90 percent of all escalator incidents involve senior citizens or small children
Escalator Safety TipsMeet Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson
The labor commissioner is a constitutional officer elected statewide by the people of North Carolina to serve a four-year term running concurrently with the governor and all other members of the Council of State. On Jan. 2, 2021, Josh Dobson was sworn in as North Carolina's 18th labor commissioner.