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
CPL 02-02-063 - Inspection Procedures for Occupational Exposure to Asbestos Final Rule 29 CFR Parts 1910.1001, 1926.1101, and 1915.1001
SN 74 - Fall Protection Requirements for Work Involving Dry Laid Masonry Retaining Walls
CPL 02-02-079 - Inspection Procedures for the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS 2012)
SN 07 - Laundry Machinery and Operations
CPL 02-02-073 - Inspection Procedures for 29 CFR 1910.120 and 1926.65, Paragraph (q): Emergency Response to Hazardous Substance Releases
CPL 02-02-058 - Lead Exposure in Construction
CPL 02-00-147 - Control of Hazardous Energy
CPL 02-02-052 - Enforcement Procedure for Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde
CPL 02-01-028 - Powered Industrial Truck Operator Training
CPL 02-01-065 - Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals
CPL 02-02-078 - Enforcement Procedures and Scheduling for Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis
CPL 02-01-057 - Compliance Directive for the Cranes and Derricks in Construction Standard
CPL 02-01-023 - Scaffolds Used in Construction
CPL 02-01-050 - Personal Protective Equipment in General Industry
CPL 02-00-158 - Respiratory Protection Inspection Procedures
CPL 02-02-070 - Inspection Procedures for Occupational Exposure to Methylene Chloride
CPL 02-01-043 - Slide Locks
CPL 02-01-030 - Chocking Tractor Trailers
CPL 02-02-074 - Inspection Procedures for the Chromium (VI) Standards
CPL 02-01-004 (CPL 2-1.4C) - Inspection of Grain Handling Facilities, 29 CFR 1910.272
CPL 02-01-054 - Inspection and Citation Guidance for Roadway and Highway Construction Work Zones
CPL 02-01-025 (CPL 2-1.25) - Guidelines for Point of Operation Guarding of Power Press Brakes
CPL 02-01-056 - Accessing Communication Towers by Hoist
CPL 02-01-053 - Manufacturing, Storage, Sale, Handling, Use and Display of Pyrotechnics
CPL 03-00-021 - Process Safety Management (PSM) Covered Facilities
STD 03-08-002 - Compressed Gas Cylinders 29 CFR 1926.350(a)(9)
STD 01-10-002 - Drains on Air Receivers, 29 CFR 1910.169(a)(2)(i) and (b)(2) Citation Guidance
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 03-11-002 - Compliance Guidance for Fall Protection in Residential Construction
OPN 096 - Focused Inspections in Construction
OPN 132 - Special Emphasis Program for Long Term Care Facilities
CPL 02-00-151 - Commercial Diving
CPL 02-01-014 - Alloy Steel Chain Slings Proof Testing
OPN 122 - Communication Towers Special Emphasis Program
CPL 02-00-165 - Compliance Directive for the Excavation Standard, 29 CFR 1926, Subpart P
CPL 02-00-124 - Multi-Employer Citation Policy
SN 19 - Class I and Class II, Division 2 Hazardous Locations for Spray Finishing
CPL 02-00-161 - National Emphasis Program: Trenching and Excavation
OPN 141 - Enforcement Guidance for Conducting Heat-Related Illness Inspections and Issuing Citations
OPN 149 - Special Emphasis Program for Amputations
CPL 02-00-162 - Shipyard Employment "Tool Bag" Directive
CPL 02-01-060 - Enforcement Guidance for Personal Protective Equipment in Shipyard Employment
CPL 02-01-061 - Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment
CPL 02-00-170 - Appropriations Act
FOM Chapter 03 - Inspection Procedures
FOM Chapter 04 - Violations
FOM Chapter 05 - Citations
FOM Chapter 11 - Agricultural Safety and Health Inspections
FOM Chapter 13 - Informal Conferences, Contested Cases and Disclosures
FOM Chapter 15 - Industrial Hygiene Compliance