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 N.C. Other documents have been created specifically for N.C. Note: Only documents listed here have been adopted for use in N.C. The files below can be sorted by document type.

Code of Federal Register (CFR) – Notification of OSHA code of federal regulations adopted for application in N.C.
Compliance Directives (CPL) – Notification of federal OSHA compliance directives 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.
Memorandums (Memos) – OSH Division compliance memorandums provides guidance or clarification to staff.
Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) – Provides working relationship agreements between other agencies and the OSH Division.
Operational Procedure Notices (OPN) – Provides OSH Division internal policies and work practice instructions.
Standards Notices (SN) – Provides interpretations developed by the OSH Division.
Standards Directives (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 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 190 - Occupational Exposure to COVID-19
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
OSH Enforcement Procedures, Compliance Directive
CPL 01-00-004 - Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
CPL 02-00-002 - American Red Cross Agreement
CPL 02-00-042 - Interagency Agreement Between the Mine Safety and Health Administration and OSHA-USDOL
CPL 02-00-051 - Appropriations Act
CPL 02-00-100 - Application of the Permit-Required Confined Spaces Standard, 29 CFR 1910.146
CPL 02-00-124 - Multi-Employer Citation Policy
CPL 02-00-135 - Recordkeeping Policies and Procedures Manual
CPL 02-00-147 - Control of Hazardous Energy
CPL 02-00-151 - Commercial Diving
CPL 02-00-154 - Longshoring and Marine Terminal "Tool Shed" Directive
CPL 02-00-155 - inspection Scheduling for Construction
CPL 02-00-158 - Respiratory Protection Inspection Procedures
CPL 02-00-161 - National Emphasis Program: Trenching and Excavation
CPL 02-00-162 - Shipyard Employment "Tool Bag" Directive
CPL 02-00-165 - Compliance Directive for the Excavation Standard, 29 CFR 1926, Subpart P
CPL 02-01-004 (CPL 2-1.4C) - Inspection of Grain Handling Facilities, 29 CFR 1910.272
CPL 02-01-014 - Alloy Steel Chain Slings Proof Testing
CPL 02-01-023 - Scaffolds Used in Construction
CPL 02-01-025 (CPL 2-1.25) - Guidelines for Point of Operation Guarding of Power Press Brakes
CPL 02-01-028 - Powered Industrial Truck Operator Training
CPL 02-01-030 - Chocking Tractor Trailers
CPL 02-01-034 - Inspection Policy and Procedures for Steel Erection in Construction
CPL 02-01-038 - Enforcement of the Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Standard
CPL 02-01-040 - Enforcement Policy on Column Joists
CPL 02-01-043 - Slide Locks