A Consultative Services Bureau consultant will call to arrange a convenient date and time to conduct the on-site visit and walkthrough. The visit includes an opening conference with top management, followed by a walkthrough of the workplace and a visual assessment of the facility to identify safety and health hazards and evaluate work practices. Written safety programs and policies may be reviewed before or during the visit.

Employee and employer training can be conducted during the on-site visit or arranged for a later date, if necessary. The consultant will need to confer with a reasonable number of employees, and, in unionized workplaces, an employee representative must be afforded an opportunity to participate in the walk-around and the opening and closing conferences.

The consultant may also provide some example programs that can be useful in the development or improvement of your written safety and health policies. The visit concludes with a closing conference to discuss findings and recommendations. If hazards are identified, the employer and the consultant set and agree on a follow-up date for correction.

Employer Responsibilities

Under the agreement with the Consultative Services Bureau, the client promises to post the list of hazards that were found, then correct, within a reasonable time frame, all hazards identified by the bureau. If an employer refuses to correct or verify correction of a serious hazard, the bureau chief may refer the matter to the NCDOL Compliance Bureau; however, this is a rare occurrence.