Enforcement | Local Emphasis Programs

Local Emphasis Programs

Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs) are enforcement strategies designed and implemented at the regional office and/or area office levels. These programs are intended to address hazards or industries that pose a particular risk to workers in the office's jurisdiction. The emphasis programs may be implemented by a single area office, or at the regional level (Regional Emphasis Programs), and applied to all of the area offices within the region. Often times, these LEPs will be accompanied by outreach intended to make employers in the area aware of the program as well as the hazards that the programs are designed to reduce or eliminate. This outreach may be in the form of informational mailings, training at local tradeshows, or speeches at meetings of industry groups or labor organizations.

Region I | Region II | Region III | Region IV | Region V | Region VI | Region VII | Region VIII | Region IX | Region X

REGION I:  (CT,** ME, MA, NH, RI, VT**)
Directive Title
CPL 2-1.26 Fish Processing Industry [PDF*]
CPL 2-1.27 Ship Building and Repairing and Boat Building and Repairing [PDF*]
CPL 02-00-021 Health High Hazard - Top 100 [PDF*]
CPL 04-00.018 Residential Construction [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-002B Fall Hazards [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-016.2 Crane Operation in Construction [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-020C Mast Climbing Work Platforms [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-021B Crystalline Silica Exposure in Construction [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-022 Scrap Waste and Refuse Industries [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-023 Powered Industrial Trucks [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-024B Underground Construction and Tunneling Operations [PDF*]
REGION II:  (NJ,** NY,** Puerto Rico,** VI**)
Directive Title
2013-01 (CPL 2) Fall Hazards in Construction [PDF*]
2013-02 (CPL 2) Heavy Highway and Bridge Construction and Maintenance [PDF*]
2013-03 (CPL 2) Logging [PDF*]
2013-04 (CPL 04) Ship/Boat Building and Repair [PDF*]
2013-05 (CPL 2) Gut Rehabilitation and Demolition [PDF*]
2013-06 (CPL 03-00-003) Amputations [PDF*]
2013-07 (CPL 2) Warehousing and Refuse Handlers and Haulers (Multiple SICs) [PDF*]
2013-08 (CPL 2) Construction Worksites - Local Targeting [PDF*]
2013-09 (CPL 2) Virgin Islands General Industry [PDF*]
2013-10 (CPL 2) Health High Hazard - Top 50 [PDF*]
2013-11 (CPL 2) Natural Gas Drilling Operations [PDF*]
2013-12 (CPL 2) Federal Agencies [PDF*]
2013-13 (CPL 2) Metal Recycling Industry [PDF*]
2013-14 (CPL 03-00-009) Lead [PDF*]
2013-15 (CPL 03-00-007) Crystalline Silica [PDF*]
2013-16 (CPL 2) Car Wash Establishments [PDF*]
REGION III:  (DE, DC, MD,** PA, VA,** WV)
Directive Title
2013-01 (CPL 04) Oil and Gas Service Industry [PDF*]
2013-02 (CPL 04) Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium (VI) [PDF*]
2013-03 (CPL 04) Falls Hazards in the Construction Industry [PDF*]
2013-04 (CPL 04) Department Store Industry [PDF*]
2013-05 (CPL 04) Health Hazards in the Healthcare Industry [PDF*]
2013-06 (CPL 04) Concrete Block and Brick, Concrete Products and Ready Mix Concrete [PDF*]
2013-09 (CPL 04) Health Hazards in the Fabrication of Structural Metal Products [PDF*]
2013-11 (CPL 04) Logging in West Virginia [PDF*]
2013-17 (CPL 04) Scrap Yards [PDF*]
2013-20 (CPL 04) Ship/Boat Building and Repair [PDF*]
2013-21 (CPL 04) Bloodborne Pathogens - Erie, Pennsylvania Area Office [PDF*]
2013-24 (CPL 04) Bloodborne Pathogens - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Area Office [PDF*]
2013-26 Health Care Industry [PDF*]
2013-29 Department Store Industry [PDF*]
2013-30 (CPL 04) Health High Hazard Work Places Without an OSHA Inspection Since 1998 [PDF*]
2013-31 (CPL 04) Safety High Hazard Work Places Without an OSHA Inspection Since 1998 [PDF*]
2013-32 High Level Noise [PDF*]
REGION IV:  (AL, FL, GA, KY,** MS, NC,** SC,** TN**)
Directive Title
CPL 03-00-007 Silica [PDF*]
CPL 03-00-009 Lead [PDF*]
CPL 13/01 (CPL 02-03) Falls in Construction [PDF*]
CPL 13/02 (CPL 02-03) Landscaping and Horticultural Services [PDF*]
CPL 13/03 (CPL 02-03) Electrical Hazards [PDF*]
CPL 13/04a (CPL 02-03) Ship/Boat Building and Repair [PDF*]
CPL 13/05a (CPL 02-03) Noise Hazards [PDF*]
CPL 13/06 Construction [PDF*]
CPL 13/07 (CPL 02-03) Powered Industrial Trucks [PDF*]
CPL 13/8 (CPL 02-03) Sanitation and Clean-up operations in the Major SIC Group "20" - Food and Kindred Products [PDF*]
CPL 13/09 Programmed Maritime Inspections [PDF*]
CPL 13/10 (CPL 02-03) Reducing the Number of Sharps Injuries in Urgent Care Centers, Medical Clinics and Ambulatory Surgical Centers in Region IV (NAICS 621493) [PDF*]
CPL 13/11 Methylene Chloride [PDF*]
CPL 13/12 Federal Agencies [PDF*]
REGION V:  (IL,** IN,** MI,** MN,** OH, WI)
Directive Title
CPL 04-00 (LEP 001) Building Renovation/Rehabilitation [PDF*]
CPL 04-00 (LEP 002) Powered Industrial Vehicles [PDF*]
CPL 04-00 (LEP 008) Fall Hazards in Construction and General Industry [PDF*]
CPL 04-00 (LEP 009) Dairy Farm Operations [PDF*]
CPL 04-00 (LEP 011) High Rise Building Construction Inspections in Chicago, Illinois [PDF*]
CPL 04-00 (LEP 017) Grain Handling Facilities [PDF*] 
CPL 04-00 (LEP 11-04) Primary Metal Industry [PDF*]
CPL 04-00 (LEP 25) Federal Agencies [PDF*]
CPL 04-00 (LEP 026) Tree Trimming Operations [PDF*]
CPL 04-00 (LEP 100) Maritime Industries engaged in ship building & repair, marine cargo handling, navigation services to shipping, port and harbor operations, other support activities for water transportation, boat building, and marinas engaged in recreational boat repair located on or adjacent to navigable waterways [PDF*]
REGION VI:  (AR, LA, NM,** OK, TX)
Directive Title
CPL 2 02-00-013 Upstream Oil and Gas Industry [PDF*]
CPL 2 02-00-014 Construction [PDF*]
CPL 2 02-00-015 Marine Operations [PDF*]
CPL 2 02-00-017 Demolition Activities [PDF*]
CPL 2 02-00-020 Work Zone Safety and Health [PDF*]
CPL 2 02-00-021 Cranes Used in Construction [PDF*]
CPL 2 02-00-022A Safety and Health Hazards in the Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products [PDF*]
CPL 2 02-00-023 High Noise in Manufacturing Industries [PDF*]
CPL 2 02-00-024 Fall Hazards in Non-Construction Industries [PDF*]
CPL 2 02-00-027 Heat Illnesses [PDF*]
CPL 2 02-00-028 Grain Handling Facilities [PDF*]
CPL 2 06-00-048 Methylene Bisphenyl Isocyanate (MDI) Inspections of Spray-on Bed Lining Operations [PDF*]
REGION VII:  (IA,** KS, MO, NE)
Directive Title
CPL 2-07-01D Logging and Sawmill Industries [PDF*]
CPL 2-07-04F Powered Industrial Trucks in Construction and in General Industry - St. Louis Area Office [PDF*]
CPL 2-07-06F Powered Industrial Trucks and Other Material or Personnel Handling Motorized Equipment in Construction and General Industry [PDF*]
CPL 2-07-11F Powered Industrial Trucks in Construction and General Industry - Wichita Area Office [PDF*]
CPL 2-07-13F Oil and Gas Operations [PDF*]
CPL 2-08-05D Commercial and Residential Construction [PDF*]
CPL 2-08-07D Grain Handling Industry [PDF*]
CPL 2-09-01D Covering Maritime Employers [PDF*]
CPL 02-11-01B Work Places With Noise and Respiratory Hazards [PDF*]
CPL 02-11-02B Recycling and Scrap Hazards in General Industry Establishments [PDF*]
CPL 02-11-03B Grain Handling Facilities [PDF*]
CPL 02-11-04B Recycle and Scrap Material Hazards in General Industry Establishments [PDF*]
CPL 02-11-06C Workers Compensation [PDF*]
CPL 02-11-07A Crystalline Silica [PDF*]
CPL 2-12-02A High Hazard Work Places Safety Inspections - St. Louis [PDF*]
CPL 2-12-08A Powered Industrial Trucks in Construction and in General Industry [PDF*]
CPL 2-12-09A High Hazard Work Places Safety Inspections - Omaha [PDF*]
CPL 2-12-10A High Hazard Work Places Safety Inspections - Kansas City [PDF*]
CPL 2-13-001 Grain Handling Industry [PDF*]
CPL 02-13-002 Workers Compensation - Wichita Area Office [PDF*]
CPL 02-13-003 Workers Compensation - Kansas City Area Office [PDF*]
CPL 02-13-004 Amputations [PDF*]
CPL 02-13-006 Construction on Federal Properties [PDF*]
CPL 02-13-007 Workers Compensation - St. Louis Area Office [PDF*]
CPL 98-02P Region-wide Problem Solving Initiative on Falls, Scaffolds, and Electrocutions from Overhead Power Lines in Construction [PDF*]
REGION VIII:  (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT,** WY**)
Directive Title
13-01 (CPL 04-05) Asbestos Abatement Industry [PDF*]
13-02 (CPL 04-05) Noise and Respiratory Hazards in General Industry - Englewood Area Office [PDF*]
13-03 (CPL 04-04) Logging Operations in Bark Beetle Incident Areas [PDF*]
13-04 (CPL 04-01) Roadway Work Zone Activities [PDF*]
13-05 (CPL 04-01) Oil and Gas Industry [PDF*]
13-06 (CPL 04-02) Noise and Respiratory Hazards in General Industry - Billings Area Office [PDF*]
13-07 (CPL 04-02) High Hazard Work Places without an OSHA Inspection Since 2000 [PDF*]
13-08 (CPL 04-01) Fall Hazards in Construction [PDF*]
13-09 (CPL 04-03) Automotive Lifts [PDF*]
13-10 (CPL 04-01) Silica Hazards in Cut Stone and Slab Handling [PDF*]
13-11 (CPL 04-01) Grain Handling Facilities [PDF*]
13-12 (CPL 04-05) Automotive Services [PDF*]
REGION IX:  (AZ,** CA,** HI,** NV,** and American Samoa, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands)
Directive Title
CPL 04-00-01 Amputations [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-02 Inspections of Programmed Construction Inspections [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-03 Warehousing Operations [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-05 Programmed Maritime Inspections [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-06 Inspections of Smelters [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-07 Federal Agencies [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-08 Combustible Dust [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-09 Silica and Portland Cement Exposures [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-10 Programmed Construction Inspections at Military Installations [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-11 Hotels, Casinos and/or Casino Hotels [PDF*]
CPL 04-00-13 Inspections of Longshoring Activity [PDF*]
REGION X:  (AK,** ID, OR,** WA**)
Directive Title
13-01 (CPL 04) Residential Construction [PDF*]
13-02 (CPL 04) Floating Seafood Processors [PDF*]
13-03 (CPL 04) Construction Fall Hazards in Idaho [PDF*]
13-04 (CPL 04) Off-Shore Oil and Gas Drilling Platforms [PDF*]
13-05 (CPL 04) Logging in Idaho [PDF*]
13-06 (CPL 04) Shipyard Employment Operations [PDF*]
13-07 (CPL 04) Logging Operations Under Federal Jurisdiction in Oregon and Washington [PDF*]
13-08 (CPL 04) Federal Agencies [PDF*]
13-09 (CPL 04) Construction [PDF*]
13-10 (CPL 04) Native Health Care Facilities [PDF*]
13-11 (CPL 04) Facility Support Management Service Contractors at Military Bases and National Parks [PDF*]
13-12 (CPL 04) Silica Exposure and Slab Handling in Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing [PDF*]
13-13 (CPL 04) Employers with Nationally Targeted Hazards at Military Bases, National Parks and National Cemeteries [PDF*]
13-14 (CPL 04) Casinos and or Casino Hotels at Native American Reservations or American Trust Lands [PDF*]
13-15 (CPL 04) Lead [PDF*]
13-16 (CPL 04) Grain Handling Industry [PDF*]
13-17 (CPL 04) Inspections of Longshoring Activity [PDF*]

** These states and territories operate their own OSHA-approved job safety and health programs and cover state and local government workers as well as private sector workers. The Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Virgin Islands plans cover public workers only. States with approved programs must have standards that are identical to, or at least as effective as, the federal OSHA standards. Visit OSHA's State Plan States Web page for more information.


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