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.

Code of Federal Regulation
CFR 178C - Cranes and Derricks: Operator Certification
CFR 178D - Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Operator Certification Extension
CFR 178E - Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Operator Qualification
CFR 178F - Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Railroad Roadway Work
CFR 179 - Correction and Technical Amendments (1910, 1915, 1926)
CFR 180 - Acetylene Standards
CFR 181 - Rigging Equipment for Material Handling
CFR 182 - Respiratory Protection, Mechanical Power Presses, and Scaffolds
CFR 183 - Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms and Logging Operations
CFR 184 - Confined Spaces in Construction
CFR 185 - Respirable Crystalline Silica
CFR 185A - Respirable Crystalline Silica
CFR 185B - Respirable Crystalline Silica
CFR 186 - Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment (Fall Protection Systems)
CFR 187 - Occupational Exposure to Beryllium
CFR 187A - Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds
CFR 187B - Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds
CFR 187C - Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in Construction and Shipyard Sectors
CFR 187D - Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds
CFR 187E - Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds
CFR 188 - Walking-Working Surfaces, Personal Protective Equipment, and Special Industries; Corrections
CFR 189 - OSHA Standards and Regulations: Corrections
CFR 191 - Incorporation by Reference; Notice of Corrections
CFR 192 - CFR Correction: Occupational Safety and Health Standards
CFR 193 - CFR Correction: Safety and Health Regulations for Construction
CFR 194 - Correcting Amendment: Safety and Health Regulations for Construction - Lead
CFR 195 - Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2024
CFR 196 - Worker Walkaround Representative