Skip to main content
NC DOL logo NC DOL

Topical Navigation

  • Home
  • Regulations
  • Safety and Health
    Safety and Health
    • Agricultural Safety and Health
    • Amusement Device
    • Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety
    • Elevator
    • Library
    • Mine and Quarry
    • Occupational Safety and Health
    • Public Sector Injury and Illness Survey
    • Publications
    • Recognition Programs
    • Training
    • Tramway and Funicular
  • Workplace Rights
    Workplace Rights
    • Drug Testing
    • E-Verify
    • Employee Rights Regarding Time Worked and Wages Earned
    • Employer Responsibilities
    • Retaliatory Employment Discrimination
    • Youth Employment Rules
  • News
    News
    • Media Contacts
    • Inside NC Labor Podcast
    • Labor Ledger
    • News Releases
    • Fatality Fact Sheets
  • About NCDOL
    About NCDOL
    • Divisions
    • Historical Note About the Labor Building
    • Leadership
    • Meet Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson
    • NCDOL Annual Reports
  • Contact
  • NC.GOV
  • AGENCIES
  • JOBS
  • SERVICES
NC DOL »   About NCDOL »   Divisions »   Occupational Safety and Health Division

Occupational Safety and Health Division

Occupational Safety and Health Workers

The Occupational Safety and Health Division comprises six bureaus of the N.C. Department of Labor: Agricultural Safety and Health; East Compliance; West Compliance; Consultative Services; Education, Training and Technical Assistance; and Planning, Statistics and Information Management.

Agricultural Safety and Health Bureau

The bureau conducts preoccupancy inspections for migrant labor camps and conducts other inspections to ensure compliance with applicable agricultural safety and health standards.

Compliance Bureaus (East and West)

The East and West Compliance Bureaus conduct inspections of North Carolina businesses to ensure compliance with applicable workplace safety and health standards. The OSH Complaint Desk processes work-related safety and health concerns.

Consultative Services Bureau

The bureau provides free on-site consultation upon employer request to help employers comply with workplace safety and health standards. The bureau also administers the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) that recognizes small to mid-size businesses that establish and maintain effective safety programs. 

Education, Training and Technical Assistance

The bureau coordinates and conducts various outreach programs such as safety and health schools and workshops, speaking engagements, training events, and booth displays. The bureau reviews the federal standards for state adoption, coordinates state-specific rulemaking activities, distributes OSH publications, and provides written, electronic or telephone interpretive guidance to employers and employees and processes variance requests. The bureau also administers library services and two recognition programs, the Carolina Star Program and the Safety Awards Program, that acknowledge businesses with exemplary safety and health programs. 

Planning, Statistics and Information Management

The bureau provides statistical data about North Carolina employers and produces several annual statistical documents and reports. PSIM manages inspection and investigative case file disclosures and file archiving. The bureau is also responsible for managing the OSH Inspection Targeting System.

Divisions

  • Administration Division
  • Occupational Safety and Health Division
  • Standards and Inspections Division

Share this page:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email

How can we make this page better for you?

Back to top

Contact Information

N.C. Department of Labor
Physical Address
4 West Edenton St.
Raleigh, NC 27601

Mailing Address
1101 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1101

1-800-NC-LABOR
(1-800-625-2267)

Tweets by NCDOL

Tweets by NCDOL

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • NC.GOV
  • NCDOL Employee Directory
  • Translation Disclaimer
  • Accessibility
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Open Budget
NC DOL
https://www.labor.nc.gov/about-ncdol/divisions/occupational-safety-and-health-division