Background
The N.C. Department of Labor (NCDOL), Occupational Safety and Health Division (OSH), evaluated occupational injury and illness data for local government and state agencies and determined that a reduction of workplace injuries and illnesses is essential. The OSH Division’s Planning, Statistics and Information Management Bureau (PSIM) conducts the annual North Carolina Public Sector Occupational Safety and Health Injury and Illness Survey each spring.
Notices and survey forms are mailed to public sector (state and local government) employers with 11 or more employees controlled by the employer as a whole. NCDOL uses the survey data to focus activities in areas such as consultation, training, technical assistance, inspections and other outreach programs to reduce workplace injuries and illnesses.
The survey requests employment information (average number of employees and total hours worked) and summary information from an employer’s injury and illness log. These data are used to calculate a survey responder’s days away, restricted or transferred (DART) rate, which is then compared to the survey responder’s specific category calculated DART rate.
Contact Information
For assistance or additional guidance on the public sector survey, please email dol.oshpublicsurveys@labor.nc.gov or call the Planning, Statistics and Information Management bureau at 919-707-7838.