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Occupational Safety and Health Topic Pages

Occupational Safety and Health Topic Pages

This site provides access to information about specific safety and health topics. Each topic page is divided into four categories of information based on the content: hazard overview; solutions; regulations; and learn more.

Hazard Overview contains a description of the topic and identifies the principal hazards associated with that topic.

Solutions provides general guidance to the employee regarding the measures they can take to protect against the hazards and the procedures the employer should be implementing, as well as appropriate personal protective equipment. This includes links to applicable example safety and health programs, presentations and outreach services.

Regulations identifies which standards apply to this subject and includes Federal OSHA standards adopted by North Carolina and state-specific rules.

Learn More provides links to additional NCDOL information (e.g., publications and compliance directives) and how to obtain other interpretive guidance on that specific topic. 

Additional information on each topic can be found on the OSHA and NIOSH websites.

Note: Safety and health topics listed but without active links or cross references are currently under development.

Alphabetical Topics Index

  • ABC
  • DEF
  • GHI
  • JKL
  • MNO
  • PQR
  • ST
  • UVW
  • XYZ

ABC

A

Abrasive Blasting

Abrasive Wheels

Acids and Bases

Aerial Lifts

Ammonia/Ammonia Refrigeration

Amputations

Amputations Special Emphasis Program (see also Special Emphasis Programs)

Antineoplastic Agents

Arboriculture

Arboriculture Special Emphasis Program (see Logging and Arboriculture Special Emphasis Program)

Asbestos (see also Health Hazards Special Emphasis Program)

Avian Flu

B

Bases (see Acids and Bases)

Benzene

Beryllium

Blasting and Explosives

Bloodborne Pathogens

Boat Manufacturing

1-Bromopropane

Byssinosis (see Cotton Dust)

C

Carbon Monoxide

Chain Saw Safety

Chromium, Hexavalent (see Hexavalent Chromium)

Combustible Dust

Commercial Diving

Communication Towers

Compressed Air and Compressed Air Equipment

Compressed Gases

Concrete and Masonry Construction

Confined Spaces

Construction Special Emphasis Program

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Cotton Dust

Cranes and Derricks

DEF

D

Dentistry

Derricks (see Cranes and Derricks)

Dichloromethane (see Methylene Chloride)

Diisocyanates (see Isocyanates)

Dipping and Coating

E

Ebola Virus (see also Bloodborne Pathogens)

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution

Electrical Safety

Emergency Action Plans

Ergonomics

Excavation and Trenching

Exits and Exit Routes

Explosives

Eyewash Stations and Emergency Showers 

F

Fall Protection

Fire Prevention Plans

Flammable Liquids

Food Manufacturing Special Emphasis Program

Forklifts (see Powered Industrial Trucks)

Formaldehyde

GHI

G

Grain Handling Facilities

Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers Special Emphasis Program

H

Halogenated Hydrocarbons

Hand and Portable Powered Tools

Hazard Communication

Hazardous Chemicals Right to Know

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

Health Hazards Special Emphasis Program (see Asbestos, Lead, Isocyanates, Hexavalent Chromium, Silica) 

Hearing Conservation (see Noise)

Heat Stress

Hexavalent Chromium

Hierarchy of Controls

Highway Work Zone Safety

Hurricane Assistance and Recovery

I

Indoor Air Quality

Ionizing Radiation (see Radiation, Ionizing and Non-Ionizing)

Isocyanates

JKL

J

K

L

Laboratory Safety

Ladders  (see Stairways and Ladders)

Landscape and Horticultural Services (see also Chain Saw Safety and Logging and Arboriculture Special Emphasis Program)

Laser Safety

Lead

Lockout/Tagout

Logging

Logging and Arboriculture Special Emphasis Program

Long Term Care

Long Term Care Special Emphasis Program

MNO

M

Machine Guarding

Manlifts

Maritime Industry

Materials Handling and Storage

Mechanical Power Press

Medical Services and First Aid

Methylene Chloride

N

Noise

Non-Ionizing Radiation (see Radiation, Ionizing and Non-Ionizing)

O

Organic Solvents

Overhead and Gantry Cranes

PQR

P

Pandemic Flu

Personal Protective Equipment

Poultry Processing

Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts)

Powered Press Brakes

Pressure Vessels

Process Safety Management

Pyrotechnics

Q

R

Radiation, Ionizing and Non-Ionizing

Recording and Reporting

Respiratory Protection

ST

S

Sandblasting (see Abrasive Blasting)

Scaffolds

Silica

Special Emphasis Programs

Spray Operations

Stairways and Ladders

Steel Erection

Styrene

Swine Flu

T

Temporary Worker

Trenching (see Excavation and Trenching)

Tuberculosis

UVW

U - Z

U

Underground Construction

V

Vector-Borne Diseases

Ventilation

Veterinary Services Safety and Health

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

W

Walking and Working Surfaces

Welding, Cutting and Brazing

Wood Products Manufacturing

Work Zone Safety (see Highway Work Zone Safety)

Workplace Violence

XYZ

X

X-rays (see Radiation, Ionizing and Non-Ionizing)

Xylene (see Flammable Liquids)

Y

Young Worker

Z

Zoonotic Diseases

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  • Notice of Alleged Safety or Health Hazard
  • Safety and Health Consultation Program
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