OSH Enforcement Procedures

The following OSH Enforcement Procedures provide guidance to compliance personnel, to ensure responsibilities are carried out in an effective, efficient and consistent manner. Some of the documents are federal documents that have been adopted for application in North Carolina. Other documents have been created specifically for North Carolina. Note: Only documents listed here have been adopted for use in North Carolina. The files below can be sorted by document type.

Code of Federal Register (CFR) – Federal OSHA code of federal regulations adopted for application in N.C.
Compliance Directive (CPL) – Federal OSHA compliance directives provides compliance policies and enforcement procedures and have been adopted for application in N.C.
Field Operations Manual (FOM) – Provides guidance to compliance personnel to ensure procedures and processes are carried out in a consistent manner.
Memorandum (Memos) – OSH Division compliance memorandums provides guidance or clarification to staff.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – Provides working relationship agreements between other agencies and the OSH Division.
Operational Procedure Notice (OPN) – Provides OSH Division internal policies and work practice instructions.
Standards Notice (SN) – Provides interpretations developed by the OSH Division.
Standards Directive (STD) – Federal OSHA directives that clarify or provide guidance regarding occupational safety and health standards and have been approved by the OSH Division for use in N.C.

Standard Directive
STD 01-01-001 - Defining the Term "Nominal Diameter"
STD 01-03-003 - Powered Platforms for Exterior Building Maintenance
STD 01-04-002 - Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
STD 01-05-008 - Bulk Oxygen Systems
STD 01-05-010 - Spray Booths - Average Air Velocity
STD 01-05-015 - Flammable and Combustible Liquids - Storage Quantities
STD 01-05-016 - Liquid Propane Gas - Venting to the Atmosphere
STD 01-05-018 - U.S. DOT Exemption DOT-E 8845
STD 01-06-001 - Personal Protective Equipment - Hand Protection in Meat Cutting
STD 01-06-005 - Personal Protective Equipment - Hard Hat Exemption
STD 01-08-002 - Eye Washes and Emergency Showers - Battery Charging Stations
STD 01-09-001 - Fire Protection System Spraying
STD 01-09-002 - Dry Chemical Portable Fire Extinguishers - Testing
STD 01-09-003 - Fire Brigades - Fire-Resistive Coats
STD 01-10-002 - Drains on Air Receivers, 29 CFR 1910.169(a)(2)(i) and (b)(2) Citation Guidance
STD 01-11-004 - Industrial Trucks; Battery Charging Stations
STD 01-11-006 - Powered Industrial Trucks
STD 01-11-007 - Securing Trucks or Trailers to Loading Docks
STD 01-12-001 - Guarding of Fan Blades
STD 01-12-004 - Radial Saws - Labeling
STD 01-12-005 - Circular Meat Cutting Saws - Guards
STD 01-12-006 - Forging Machines
STD 01-12-007 - Platen Presses
STD 01-12-009 - Chain Saws - Blade Guards
STD 01-12-010 - Machine Guarding - Food Waste Disposal Equipment
STD 01-12-014 - Power Transmission Belts
STD 01-12-015 - Automatic Cut-off Saws - Guards
STD 01-12-017 - Radial Saws - Guards
STD 01-12-018 - Ripsaws, Cutoff Saws, and Radial Saws
STD 01-12-019 - Sewing Machines - Guards
STD 01-12-020 - Mechanical Power Presses - Single Stroke Mechanism
STD 01-12-021 - Mechanical Power Presses
STD 01-12-022 - Engraving Presses - Guards
STD 01-12-023 - Three-Roller Printing Ink Mills - Guards
STD 01-12-024 - Mechanical Power Presses, Diesetting - Guards
STD 01-12-025 - Metal Cutting Shears - Awareness Barriers
STD 01-12-026 - Cutoff Wheels and Masonry Saws
STD 01-12-027 - Mechanical Power Presses and Iron Workers
STD 01-13-001 - Air Nozzle Pressure for Cleaning 29 CFR 1910.242(b) and 41 CFR 50-204B; Clarification of Effective Chip Guarding
STD 01-13-002 - Explosive Actuated Fastening Tools
STD 01-13-004 - Portable Belt Sanders - Guards
STD 01-14-001 - Replacement Welding Tips
STD 01-15-001 - Telecommunication Work
STD 01-15-004 - Metal Manhole Ladders
STD 01-16-007 - Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices
STD 01-23-004 - Genetic Testing
STD 03-01-001 - Construction Work
STD 03-06-001 - Steel Erection - Temporary Flooring Storage
STD 03-08-001 - Welding, Cutting or Heating of Metals Coated with Lead-Bearing Paint
STD 03-08-002 - Compressed Gas Cylinders 29 CFR 1926.350(a)(9)