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Cherie Berry, North Carolina Labor Commissioner, joined Don Curtis to discuss the mission of the Labor Commission and the duties of the Labor Commissioner, as well as the 2009 drop in state workplace fatalities, the encouragement by the Commission of businesses to apply for safety awards, which are given for sites free of fatalities and with injury and illness rates 50% below that of the industry average.