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Construction Industry Safety and HealthOil and Gas Industry Safety & Health

OSHA Emphasis Programs

By Dr. Isabel Perry
December 29, 2014

OSHACompiled by Dr. Isabel Perry and reprinted with the permission of the author

REGION I: (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

  • Local Emphasis Program for the Fish Processing Industry
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Fall Hazards
  • Region-Wide Local Emphasis Program – Crane Operation in Construction
  • Regional Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Residential Construction
  • Local Emphasis Program – Mast Climbing Work Platforms
  • Local Emphasis Program Health High Hazard - Top 100
  • Regional Local Emphasis Program on Crystalline Silica Exposure in Construction
  • REP - Scrap, Waste and Refuse Industries
  • Local Emphasis Program for Powered Industrial Trucks
  • Local Emphasis Program for Noise in the Workplace
  • LEP - Underground Construction and Tunneling Operations

REGION II: (NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, VI)

  • Local Emphasis Program – Fall Hazards in Construction
  • Local Emphasis Program – Heavy Highway and Bridge Construction and Maintenance
  • Local Emphasis Program for Dairy Farm Operations
  • Local Emphasis Program for Ship/Boat Building and Repair
  • Local Emphasis Program – Gut Rehabilitation and Demolition
  • Local Implementation of the National Emphasis Program on Amputations
  • Local Emphasis Program – Warehousing and Refuse Handlers and Haulers (Multiple SICs)
  • Local Emphasis Program – Construction Worksites – Local Targeting
  • Local Emphasis Program – Virgin Islands General Industry
  • Local Emphasis Program – Health High Hazard - Top 50
  • Local Emphasis Program – Federal Agencies
  • Local Implementation of National Emphasis Program – Lead
  • Local Implementation of National Emphasis Program – Crystalline Silica
  • Local Emphasis Program – Sandy Cleanup and Recovery

REGION III: (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV)

  • Regional Emphasis Program for the Oil and Gas Service Industry
  • Regional Emphasis Program Involving Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium (VI)
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Fall Hazards in the Construction Industry
  • Regional Emphasis Program – Silica
  • Local Emphasis Program for Health Hazards in Metal Fabrication Except Structural
  • Local Emphasis Program for Logging in West Virginia
  • Local Emphasis Program for Ship/Boat Building and Repair
  • Regional Emphasis Program for High Level Noise

REGION IV: (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)

  • Regional Emphasis Program - Lead
  • Regional Emphasis Program - Silica
  • Regional Emphasis Program (REP) -- Falls in Construction
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Landscaping and Horticultural Services
  • Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Electrical Hazards
  • Local Emphasis Program for Ship/Boat Building and Repair
  • Regional Emphasis Programs for Noise Hazards
  • Regional Emphasis Program addressing Sanitation and Clean-up operations in the NAICS Groups 311xxx & 3121xx
  • Regional Emphasis Programs for Powered Industrial Truck
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Safety Hazards in Auto Parts Industry – NAICS 3363XX (Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing)
  • Local Emphasis Program for Construction
  • Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Programmed Maritime Inspections
  • Local Emphasis Program for Federal Agencies

REGION V: (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

  • LEP for Building Renovation/Rehabilitation
  • LEP for Powered Industrial Vehicles
  • LEP for Fall Hazards in Construction and General Industry
  • LEP for High Rise Building Construction Inspections in Chicago, Illinois
  • Local Emphasis Program for Grain Handling Facilities
  • Local Emphasis Program for Carbon Monoxide Hazards in Construction
  • Local Emphasis Program for Federal Agencies
  • Local Emphasis Program for Tree Trimming Operations
  • LEP for Maritime Industries engaged in ship building and 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

REGION VI: (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)

  • Regional Emphasis Program for the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Construction
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Marine Operations
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Demolition Activities
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Work Zone Safety and Health
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Cranes used in Construction
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Safety & Health Hazards in the Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products
  • Regional Emphasis Program for High Noise in Manufacturing Industries
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Fall Hazards in Non-Construction Industries
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Grain Handling Facilities
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Heat Illnesses

REGION VII: (IA, KS, MO, NE)

  • Logging and Sawmill Industries Local Emphasis Program (LEP)
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Powered Industrial Trucks and Other Material or Personnel Handling Motorized Equipment in Construction and General Industry
  • Local Emphasis Program for Powered Industrial Trucks in Construction and General Industry
  • Local Emphasis Program on Oil and Gas Operations
  • Local Emphasis Program – Commercial and Residential Construction
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) Covering Maritime Employers
  • Region-wide Local Emphasis Program (LEP) - Work Places with Noise and Respiratory Hazards
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Grain Handling Facilities
  • Workers Compensation Local Emphasis Program (LEP)
  • Local Implementation of National Emphasis Program – Crystalline Silica
  • High Hazard Work Places Safety Inspection Local Emphasis Program (LEP)
  • High Hazard Work Places Safety Inspection Local Emphasis Program (LEP)
  • Grain Handling Industry Local Emphasis Program (LEP)
  • Des Moines Area Office Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Federal Agencies
  • Des Moines Area Office Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Construction on Federal Properties
  • Missouri Workers Compensation Local Emphasis Program (LEP)
  • Local Emphasis Program – Commercial and Residential Construction Following a Severe Weather Event
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for the Landscaping and Horticultural Service Industry
  • Region-wide Local Emphasis Program (LEP) - Work Places That Have Released EPA Monitored Chemicals
  • Des Moines Area Office Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Bloodborne Pathogens
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for the Body Art industry
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Recycle and Scrap Material Hazards in General Industry Establishments
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Powered Industrial Trucks in Construction and in General Industry
  • Expanded Health Standard Inspection Local Emphasis Program (LEP)
  • Grain Handling Industry Local Emphasis Program (LEP) – Missouri
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Bloodborne Pathogens – Missouri
  • Region-wide Problem Solving Initiative on Falls, Scaffolds, and Electrocutions from Overhead Power Lines in Construction

REGION VIII: (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)

  • Regional Emphasis Program on Fall Hazards in Construction
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Grain Handling Facilities
  • Regional Emphasis Program for the Oil and Gas Industry
  • Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Roadway Work Zone Activities
  • Regional Emphasis Program on Silica in Cut Stone and Slab Handling
  • Local Emphasis Program for Automotive Services
  • Local Emphasis Program for Logging Operations in Bark Beetle Incident Areas
  • Local Emphasis Program for Automotive Lifts
  • Noise and Respiratory Hazards in General Industry

REGION IX: (AZ, CA, HI, NV, and American Samoa, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands)

  • Local Emphasis Program for Amputations
  • Local Emphasis Program for Programmed Construction Inspections
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Warehousing Operations
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Programmed Maritime Inspections
  • Local Emphasis Program for Inspections of Smelters
  • Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Federal Agencies
  • Local Emphasis Program for Combustible Dust
  • Local Emphasis Program for Silica and Portland Cement Exposures
  • Local Emphasis Program for Programmed Construction Inspections at Military Installations
  • Local Emphasis Program for Hotels, Casinos and/or Casino Hotels
  • Local Emphasis Program for Inspections of Longshoring Activity
  • Local Emphasis Program for Automotive Lifts

REGION X: (AK, ID, OR, WA)

  • Local Emphasis Program for Residential Construction
  • Local Emphasis Program for Floating Seafood Processors
  • Local Emphasis Program for Construction Fall Hazards in Idaho
  • Local Emphasis Program for Off-Shore Oil and Gas Drilling Platforms
  • Local Emphasis Program for Logging in Idaho
  • Local Emphasis Program: Shipyard Employment Operations
  • Local Emphasis Program for Logging Operations under Federal Jurisdiction in Oregon and Washington
  • Local Emphasis Program for Federal Agencies
  • Local Emphasis Program for Construction
  • Local Emphasis Program: Native Health Care Facilities
  • Local Emphasis Program for Facility Support Management Service Contractors at Military Bases and National Parks
  • Local Emphasis Program for Silica Exposure and Slab Handling in Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing
  • Local Emphasis Program for Employers with Nationally Targeted Hazards at Military Bases, National Parks and National Cemeteries
  • Local Emphasis Program for Casinos and/or Casino Hotels at Native American Reservations or American Trust Lands
  • Local Emphasis Program for Lead
  • Local Emphasis Program for Inspections in the Grain Handling Industry
  • Local Emphasis Program for Inspections of Longshoring Activity
  • Local Emphasis Program for Powered Industrial Trucks
  • Regional Emphasis Program for Cranes used in Construction, General Industry and Maritime Employment
KEYWORDS: amputation fall hazards hexavalent chromium occupational exposure

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Dr. Perry is a safety consultant, expert witness and keynote speaker who conducts seminars and workshops and produces training materials. Phone: 321-287-7771- www.TheSafetyDoctor.com
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