Compliance Memos

This memorandum provides guidance on ammonium nitrate storage requirements in 29 CFR 1910.109(i).

ASH - information regarding Senate Bill 1466 defining the terms mattress and cover.

This InfoSheet discusses bed bug infestations, recognizing an infestation, hazards associated with them, and suggestions regarding what protective...

Memo regarding whether cut resistant boots are required when using a chain saw.

OSH Division procedures for calls and inspections related to Ebola Virus.

The Electrical Classification Charts are to be used as a guidance document by compliance officers when citing electrical violations. The intent of the...

The Electrical Classification Charts are to be used as a guidance document by compliance officers when citing electrical violations. The intent of the...

Clarification of position on limits of the authority to conduct enforcement activities on small farms. [Related to CPL 02-00-051]

This memorandum provides guidance for enforcing the new rope descent system anchorage requirements in the final rule that revised the Walking-Working...

This enforcement memorandum provides guidance to Compliance Safety and Health Officers regarding North Carolina delayed compliance dates for specific...

This memorandum provides guidance to CSHOs for enforcing the new handrail and stair rail requirements at 29 CFR 1910.29(f)(1)(ii)(B) and 1910.29(f)(1)...

This memo clarifies the existing agency enforcement policy for citing general duty violations for air contaminants not covered by OSHA permissible...

This memo addresses recent issues regarding increased security measures encountered by NCDOL S&I inspectors entering into Federally-owned buildings or...

This memorandum with cover sheet supplements CPL 03-00-008, Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (Reissued) by providing guidance in calculating...

This memorandum exempts variable boom reach equipment from the certification requirement in 1917.50.

This is a memorandum from Tom Galassi, Directorate of Enforcement Programs for Regional Administrators and State-Plans with instructions for...

This memorandum explains two new amendments to 1904.35 regarding employees reporting work-related injuries and illnesses.

This memo instructs Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) how to code inspections when an employer claims they or the workers performing the...

The memorandum sets forth enforcement criteria regarding the use of monorail hoists in construction and general industry. Consult the cover sheet and...

Beginning 10/1/2018, a new Inspection Type, Referral-Employer Reported, will be used for block #24 (Inspection Type} in the OSHA Express.

Federal memorandum from Assistant Secretary Michaels to reiterate that employee training required by OSHA standards must be presented in a manner that...

Correspondence between N. C. Department of Corrections and the N.C. Department of Labor about when prisoners are regarded as employees. Includes a...

The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify inspection and/or intervention related coding documentation requirements associated employer program...

This table addresses programmed planned inspection irregularities.

1995 opinion letter from the Attorney General's office regarding OSH Division coverage of railroad employees in NC. Other corresponding documents...

This memo addresses inconsistencies when recording time on the OSHA 31.

This memorandum for Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees provides guidance on whether "referrals" can be conducted in small businesses who...

2010 Seasonal Flu guidance - post H1N1 pandemic

This document provides guidance on determining OSH coverage for volunteer service organizations.

Guidance on inspecting NC mental hospitals for workplace violence complaints.

Describes the review process for fatality cases determined to have a "no inspection" scope.

This memo provides guidance on processing accidents and fatalities in OSHA Express.

This is a list of employers/companies that require warrants. This list is referenced in FOM Chapter III.

This memo provides guidance to CSHOs regarding attorney contact via social media platforms.

Provides a memo from the Legal Affairs Division to NCDOL staff regarding procedures for filing a proof of claim for bankruptcy.

This memorandum provides clarification on seven issues raised following the revision of the Hazard Communication Standard to incorporate elements of...

This memorandum contains Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to clarify the scope of 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA, as well as its applicability to attics...

Memo contains court decisions for cases between Davey Tree and OSHA that can be used as guidance in determining the application of the logging...

This document contains an enforcement memorandum - 29 CFR 1910.269 and 29 CFR Part 1926, Subpart V - Enforcement Dates for Minimum Approach Distances...

This document contains a group of enforcement memos and an industry settlement agreement, including the following: (1) Questions and Answers on 29 CFR...

Electrical classification by most frequently cited construction standards.

Electrical classification by most frequently cited general industry standards.

Enforcement guidance for CSHOs inspecting employers engaged in tree care and tree removal operations. Also reference Memo TC 2 - Davey Tree Court...

This memorandum establishes the OSH Division's approach to the first 30 days of enforcement and good faith efforts taken by employers to comply with...

This memorandum combines the memoranda of 5/9/2018 and 6/21/2018 and further extends the delay in enforcement of certain provisions of the beryllium...

This memo establishes the OSH Division's approach to the first 30 days of enforcement and good faith efforts taken by employers to comply with the new...

Memo 2 - Letter sent to Senator Wendell Ford, US Senate, regarding the "Meer Decision". Also reference Memo 3 , Directorate of Compliance Programs...

Current OSH Division Medical Records Administrators for each field office and/or office location.

This Memo (Memo 1) is from ETTA to FIS Holders regarding Memo 3, a Memorandum sent to Regional Administrators from the Federal OSHA Directorate of...

Memo 3 - John Miles, Directorate of Compliance Programs, sent this Memo to OSHA Regional Administrators regarding the "Meer Decision". Also reference...

On April 24, 2023, OSHA published CPL 03-00-025 - National Emphasis Program - Falls, with an effective date of May 1, 2023. Since the OSH Division...

This memo revised OSHA's enforcement policy on the concentration of a chemical that must be in a process to meet or exceed the threshold quantity (TQ)...

This memo provides guidance on the enforcement of the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard's RAGAGEP requirements. This memo was formerly part of...

This memorandum provides enforcement guidance to Compliance Safety and Health Officers regarding exemption from coverage, as retailers, by the PSM...

This memorandum contains comprehensive guidance on the recording of weekly program activity in the OSHA Express database management system by CSHOs.

The emergency temporary standard on occupational exposure to COVID-19 in healthcare settings was repealed in NC, effective March 4, 2022. This memo...

This memorandum addresses the response procedures for fatalities and injuries that are reported to the OSH Division by employers per 29 CFR 1904...

US Court of Appeals (6th circuit) decision. Ohio Cast Products v. OSHA. In a published decision, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th...

In a published decision, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Wellford, Siler, Batchelder) has affirmed a decision of the...

Citation policy regarding crane operator certification issued by Crane Institute Certification, which is no longer accredited by a nationally...

On April 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum on the interim enforcement guidance for the...

Updated instructions and guidance for handling COVID-19-related complaints, referrals, and severe illness reports in workplaces. The cover memo was...

This memo from the Assistant Director provides guidance for the use of OSHA CPL 02-01-058, Enforcement Procedures and Scheduling for Occupational...

Archived. This memo adds coding (N-10-COVID-19 REMOTE) to identify COVID-19 inspections that are conducted completely offsite. Note: Reference COV 5a...

COV 4 - Archived when ETS was no longer active in NC. The OSH Division adopted verbatim the federal Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Occupational...

RP 1 - On March 14, 2020 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a temporary enforcement memorandum relaxing enforcement of...

Archived effective July 1, 2024 when information from a subsequent memo from OSHA (dated April 14, 2024) was incorporated into FOM Chapter 6 -...

On April 3, 2020 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued enforcement guidance regarding respirators worn to protect against...

On April 3, 2020 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an enforcement memorandum which outlines enforcement discretion to...

Archived. RK 5 - On April 10, 2020 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an enforcement memorandum that provides interim...

Archived. In response to the COVID-19 crisis and the North Carolina Department of Labor’s (NCDOL) limited supplies of NIOSH approved personal...

Archived. This memo iterates conditions for the approval and limitations of use of emergency housing for COVID-19 suspect or known migrant workers...

Given the status of events associated with the State's response to the presence of COVID-19 and at the request of the N.C. Department of Health and...