Boiler Safety Bureau
Mailing Address:
1101 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1101
Physical Address:
111 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
(919) 807-2760 or 1-800-NC-LABOR (1-800-625-2267)
Cherie K. Berry
Commissioner of Labor
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Cherie K. Berry, Commissioner of Labor
STANDARDS & INSPECTIONS DIVISION
Phil Hooper, Deputy Commissioner
BOILER SAFETY BUREAU
Cliff C. Dautrich, Bureau Chief
Donald Kinney, Assistant Bureau Chief
INSPECTOR SUPERVISORS
Raymond E. Payne
Gregory A. Davis
BOILER & PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTORS
Derek Bailey John Kirkland
Oscar Coley, Jr.
Andrew Gunto, III
Samuel E. Kirkman
Richard Parker
Danny Harrell
Mark E. Hutchens
C. Dean Johnson
Gregory M. Sims
Jeremy S. Smith
James E. Snuffer, II
Donald Kidd
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Introduction
The Boiler Safety Bureau is responsible for establishing and enforcing minimum safety standards for boilers and pressure vessels, including, to the limited extent allowed by federal law, nuclear energy systems. The Boiler Safety Bureau administers, on a day-to-day basis, the laws and regulations in these areas. The 13 inspectors employed by the Bureau, with the help of commissioned inspectors employed by insurance companies, conduct over 50,000 inspections a year.
The North Carolina General Assembly first enacted a law instituting regulation of highpressure boilers in 1935. Since then, coverage has expanded to include low-pressure boilers and pressure vessels. In 1975, the General Assembly enacted the Uniform Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Act (Chapter 95, Article 7A of the N.C. General Statutes).
In May 1981, North Carolina adopted the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules that are now contained in the N.C. Administrative Code (Title 13, Chapter 13 of the N.C. Administrative Code).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-69.14 requires that the boiler and pressure vessel rules conform as nearly as possible to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME Code). North Carolina has adopted the ASME Code by reference with minor exceptions.
In 2013, the General Assembly added Article 7B (Historical Boilers) to the Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Act. Article 7B requires the department to create and conduct a safety program for the purpose of providing instruction on all aspects of proper operation of historical boilers.
This publication contains the Uniform Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act and the
Administrative Rules. It is intended to be used by owners and operators of equipment and devices covered under these laws, as well as employees of such owners and operators, in order to inform them of their rights and obligations with regard to ensuring the safe operation of such equipment and devices in North Carolina. Our experience shows that most businesses and workers want to comply with the labor laws of the State, and will generally do so when they know what the laws provide. We hope the use of this publication will help build the spirit of cooperation and fairness which currently characterizes most workplaces in North Carolina. That gives our State a more effective and productive workforce with which to maintain our competitive national economic position.
We encourage and solicit public comments concerning these laws and regulations. Please direct your comments and questions to the Boiler Safety Bureau, N.C. Department of Labor, 1101
Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1101.
Cherie K. Berry
Commissioner of Labor
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Assembly**
UNIFORM BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL ACT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHAPTER 95, ARTICLE 7A and
CHAPTER 95, ARTICLE 7B
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CHAPTER 13 – BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL
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