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.

Procedure
Field Operations Manual (FOM) Chapters 01 - 18
FOM Chapter 02 - Compliance Programming
Memo - Policy Clarification on OSHA's Enforcement Authority at Small Farms
OPN 091 - Delegation of Authority to Issue Citations
OPN 146 - Temporary Worker Inspection Activity
FOM Chapter 13 - Informal Conferences, Contested Cases and Disclosures
FOM Chapter 01 - Purpose, Scope and Quality Management
FOM Chapter 03 - Inspection Procedures
FOM Chapter 09 - Complaints, Referrals and Accidents
FOM Chapter 18 - Maritime Inspection Procedures
FOM Chapter 07 - Imminent Danger
FOM Chapter 08 - Fatality and Catastrophe Investigations
FOM Chapter 12 - Construction
FOM Chapter 06 - Penalties
FOM Chapter 15 - Industrial Hygiene Compliance
FOM Chapter 05 - Citations
FOM Chapter 14 - Safety and Health Programs and Committees
FOM Chapter 10 - Discrimination Complaints
CPL 02-02-079 - Inspection Procedures for the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS 2012)
CPL 02-00-147 - Control of Hazardous Energy
CPL 03-00-018 - National Emphasis Program – Primary Metal Industries
CPL 02-00-124 - Multi-Employer Citation Policy
CPL 02-01-065 - Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals
CPL 02-00-158 - Respiratory Protection Inspection Procedures
CPL 02-00-165 - Compliance Directive for the Excavation Standard, 29 CFR 1926, Subpart P
CPL 02-01-050 - Personal Protective Equipment in General Industry
CPL 02-01-060 - Enforcement Guidance for Personal Protective Equipment in Shipyard Employment
CPL 02-01-054 - Inspection and Citation Guidance for Roadway and Highway Construction Work Zones
STD 03-11-002 - Compliance Guidance for Fall Protection in Residential Construction
CPL 02-02-074 - Inspection Procedures for the Chromium (VI) Standards
CPL 01-00-004 - Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
CPL 02-01-067 - Site-Specific Targeting (SST)
CPL 03-00-008 - Combustible Dust Explosion Prevention Program
FOM Chapter 17 - Ergonomics Inspection Procedures
CPL 02-02-071 - Technical Enforcement and Assistance Guidelines for Hazardous Waste Site and RCRA Corrective Action Clean-up Operations
CPL 02-00-170 - Appropriations Act
CPL 02-00-151 - Commercial Diving
CPL 02-00-162 - Shipyard Employment "Tool Bag" Directive
CPL 02-00-154 - Longshoring and Marine Terminal "Tool Shed" Directive
FOM Chapter 16 - Administrative File Activities
FOM Chapter 04 - Violations
STD 03-15-003 - Requirements for Lift-Slab Construction Operations -- Inspection Procedures and Guidelines
CPL 02-01-048 - Clarification of the Enforcement Policies Relating to Floors/Nets and Shear Connectors
STD 03-01-001 - Construction Work
CPL 02-00-161 - National Emphasis Program: Trenching and Excavation
OPN 129 - Interim Inspection Procedures for Blasting Operations in the Construction Industry
CPL 02-01-043 - Slide Locks
CPL 02-01-023 - Scaffolds Used in Construction
CPL 02-00-100 - Application of the Permit-Required Confined Spaces Standard, 29 CFR 1910.146
CPL 02-02-080 - Inspection Procedures for Respirable Crystalline Silica Standards