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OSHA's National Emphasis Programs (NEPs) focus on major health and/or safety hazards which are of recognized national significance. They provide guidance to the OSHA field offices for program planning and for conducting inspections.
As of September 2023, OSHA has 13 active National Emphasis Programs focusing on:
- Combustible dust
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Fall Prevention/Protection
- Hazardous machinery
- Heat
- Hexavalent chromium
- Lead
- Primary metal industries
- Process Safety Management (PSM)
- Shipbreaking
- Silica, Crystalline
- Trenching and excavation
For more information on each NEP, see the appropriate compliance directive available in the Reference area.
Combustible dust
OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-008 National Emphasis Program on Combustible Dust (Reissued)
(Date: 03/11/2008)
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
OSHA Direction DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03) Revised National Emphasis Program - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Reissued)
(Date: 07/07/2021)
Fall Prevention/Protection
OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-025 National Emphasis Program - Falls
(Date: 05/01/2023)
Hazardous machinery
OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-022 National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries
(Date: 12/10/2019)
Heat
OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-024 National Emphasis Program - Outdoor and Indoor Heat-Related Hazards
(Date: 04/08/2022)
Hexavalent chromium
OSHA Instruction CPL 02-02-076 National Emphasis Program on Hexavalent Chromium
(Date: 02/23/2010)
Lead
OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-009 National Emphasis Program- Lead
(Date: 08/14/2008)
Primary metal industries
OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-018 National Emphasis Program - Primary Metal Industries
(Date: 10/20/2014)
Shipbreaking
OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-020 - OSHA's National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Shipbreaking
(Date: 03/07/2016)
Silica, Crystalline
OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-023 National Emphasis Program - Respirable Crystalline Silica
(Date: 02/04/2020)
Trenching & excavation
OSHA Instruction CPL 02-00-161 National Emphasis Program on Trenching and Excavation
(Date: 10/01/2018)
Process Safety Management (PSM)
OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-021 PSM Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program
(Date: 1/17/2017)
Warehousing and Distribution Center operations
OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-026 National Emphasis Program on Warehousing and Distribution Center Operations
(Date: 07/13/2023)