Directive on Inspection Procedures for Accessing Communication Towers

Federal Program Change Summary Reports:

Date of Directive: 07/17/2014

This instruction covers any work on a communication tower that involves the use of a hoist to lift personnel to or from their workstations and provides guidance to field enforcement personnel to ensure uniform enforcement of OSHA standards and policies. The directive cancels CPL 02-01-36, March 26, 2002.

Adoption Required - No

Intention Required - Yes

State Plan	Intent to Adopt	Adopt Identical	Effective Date	URL or Contact
AK	Yes	Yes	5/1/2015	NA
AZ	Yes	Yes	12/17/2014	NA
CA	No	No	NA	www.dir.ca.gov
CT†	Yes	Yes	9/5/2014	NA
HI	††	††	††	††
IA	Yes	Yes	7/24/2015	http://law.justia.com/codes/iowa/2011/titleiii/subtitle2/chapter89a
IL†	††	††	††	††
IN	Yes	Yes	7/17/2014	NA
KY	Yes	Yes	10/1/2014	Chuck Stribling, CSP, OSH Federal-State Coordinator
MD	††	††	††	††
MI	No	No	NA	NA
MN	No	No	NA	NA
NC	Yes	No	10/30/2014	Steve Sykes, State Plan Coordinator
NJ†	No	No	NA	NA
NM	Yes	Yes	††	http://www.env.nm.gov/Ohsb website/StatePlan/documents/FOM.doc
NV	Yes	Yes	12/1/2014	NA
NY†	No	No	NA	NA
OR	Yes	No	1/13/2015	††
PR	Yes	Yes	12/19/2014	NA
SC	††	††	††	††
TN	Yes	Yes	8/17/2014	NA
UT	Yes	Yes	3/17/2015	NA
VA	Yes	Yes	9/30/2014	http://townhall.virginia.gov/L/GetFile.cfm?File=C:\TownHall\docroot\GuidanceDocs\181\GDoc_DOLI_5586_v1.pdf*
VI†	Yes	Yes	††	Dean Andrews, Director, VIDOSH
VT	Yes	Yes	10/1/2014	NA
WA	Yes	Yes	7/17/2014	NA
WY	Yes	Yes	11/14/2014	NA

^† Plan covers state and local government workers only.
^††Awaiting response from State Plans.

[Last updated: December 21, 2015]