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.

OSH Enforcement Procedures, Operational Procedure Notice
OPN 088 - Special Emphasis Program for Logging and Arboriculture
OPN 091 - Delegation of Authority to Issue Citations
OPN 095 - Special Emphasis Program for Reinspection of Employers Who Have Had a Fatality in the Workplace
OPN 096 - Focused Inspections in Construction
OPN 101 - Third Party Litigation
OPN 107 - Enforcement Guidelines for the Hazardous Chemicals Right to Know Act
OPN 116 - Special Emphasis Program for Allegations of Chemical Hazards on Farms
OPN 118 - Administration of Variance Requests and Related Records
OPN 121 - Steel Erection Standard
OPN 122 - Communication Towers Special Emphasis Program
OPN 123 - Special Emphasis Program for Construction Activities
OPN 127 - Respirator Use Policy under the Cotton Dust Standard
OPN 128 - Public Sector Surveys and Inspections
OPN 129 - Interim Inspection Procedures for Blasting Operations in the Construction Industry
OPN 130 - Emergency Action and Fire Prevention Plans
OPN 132 - Special Emphasis Program for Long Term Care Facilities
OPN 135 - Special Emphasis Program for Exposures to Health Hazards
OPN 136 - 13 NCAC 7F .0202, North Carolina State-specific Rule Modifying 29 CFR 1926.28(a) - Personal Protective Equipment
OPN 140 - Special Emphasis Program for Food Manufacturing Facilities
OPN 141 - Enforcement Guidance for Conducting Heat-Related Illness Inspections and Issuing Citations
OPN 143 - Suitable Facilities for Drenching or Flushing the Eyes or Body
OPN 144 - In-compliance Letters and Certificates
OPN 145 - Special Emphasis Program for Warehousing and Storage and Related Product Distribution Industries
OPN 146 - Temporary Worker Inspection Activity
OPN 147 - Logging Operations, Inspection Procedures and Interpretive Guidance
OPN 148 - Carbon Monoxide Exposure Documentation Guidelines
OPN 149 - Special Emphasis Program for Amputations
OPN 150 - Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operational Policy and Procedures