13 NCAC 07A .0602         DEFINITIONS

(a)  "Fixed location worksite" means any worksite to which an employee regularly reports for at least a consecutive three month period.

(b)  "Near-miss" means any accident or incident at a worksite that does not result in injury, but the potential for serious physical harm exists.

(c)  "FMSHA" means the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 [Public Law 95-164].

(d)  "MSHANC" means the Mine Safety and Health Act of North Carolina as contained in North Carolina General Statute 74-24.1 et seq.

(e)  "Mine Safety Laws" means MSHANC and FMSHA and the rules and standards adopted pursuant thereof.

(f)  "OSHANC" means the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina as contained in North Carolina General Statute 95-126 et seq.

(g)  "Regular location worksite" means a single region or geographic area where employees perform work for one employer.

(h)  "Mobile work crews" means a group of employees of one specific trade (i.e. carpenters, electricians, roofers) who report to various, non-fixed worksites within one geographic area.

(i)  "Multi-employer worksite" means any worksite at which more than one employer has employees reporting to work.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 95-251;

Eff. August 2, 1993;

Amended Eff. June 1, 1995;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 1, 2016.