SACRAMENTO - North Carolina received final approval from OSHA for its job safety and health plan on December 10. The state plan adopts standards that are, as a rule, identical to federal OSHA standards. Contests of citations and/or penalties are handled by the independent North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Review Board and may be appealed to state superior court, and ultimately to the state supreme court.With OSHA's announcement of final approval determination in the Federal Register on
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