Questions and Answers
Yes. The OSH Division’s Education, Training and Technical Assistance Bureau (ETTA) provides or hosts many types of training events. There are safety and health schools at locations across the state throughout the year. Additionally, ETTA provides training through the small business centers at many community college campuses. ETTA conducts free 10-hour and 30-hour workshops in general industry and construction. These classes are conducted by NCDOL personnel.
The PSIM Bureau has had a high response rate for the annual public sector injury and illness survey. However, if a public sector employer decides not to respond to the PSIM Bureau requests for annual injury and illness information, the non-responding employers will be included on the next inspection assignment list.
Employers with a calculated DART rate at or above the target rate for their specific category will be included on the NCDOL inspection assignment list. These survey responders will be sorted into four groups or classes by their DART rate, from higher to lower, and will be divided in the targeting system database by specific employer categories (See Operational Procedure Notice 128—Public Sector Surveys and Inspections, Appendix A).
Compliance inspection assignments will be generated with a higher priority placed on those survey responders with the highest DART rates within their specific category. Any public sector survey responder whose current rate is below the target rate may also be randomly assigned for inspection. Any site may be inspected at any time as a result of a work-related accident, fatality, complaint or referral.