Regional Emphasis Programs (REPs) and Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs) are OSHA enforcement strategies designed and implemented at the regional office and/or area office levels. These inspection targeting 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 (REP) and applied to all of the area offices within the region. Often times, these REPs and 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 trade shows, or speeches at meetings of industry groups or labor organizations.
The following is a list of REPs and LEPs, separated by region. Over 100 industries and hazards are in the bull's eye! This list is current as of October 24. 2024, but may change without notice.
Boston (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- CPL-04-00-026 - Local Emphasis Program for the Seafood Processing Industry - PDF
- CPL-04-00-025 - Regional Emphasis Program (REP) – Tree and Landscape Operations - PDF
- BOS-CPL-04-00-028 - Regional Local Emphasis Program for Cranes in Construction - PDF
- BOS-CPL-04-00-029 - Regional Local Emphasis Program for Noise in the Workplace - PDF
- BOS-CPL-04-00-027 - Regional Local Emphasis Program for Powered Industrial Trucks - PDF
- BOS-CPL-04-00-030 - Regional Local Emphasis Program for Residential Construction - PDF
New York City (NJ, NY, PR, VI)
- CPL 04-02-2403 - Local Emphasis Program - Virgin Island General Industry - PDF
- CPL 04-02-2401 - Regional Emphasis Program - Refuse Handlers and Haulers - PDF
- CPL 04-02-2402 - Regional Emphasis Program – Construction Work Sites – Local Targeting - PDF
- CPL 04-02-2405 - Regional Emphasis Program – Federal Agencies - PDF
- CPL 04-02-2404 - Regional Emphasis Program – Health High Hazards – Top 50 - PDF
- CPL 2020-11 - Regional Emphasis Program – Noise Hazards - PDF
- CPL 04-02-2406 - Regional Emphasis Program – Tree and Landscaping Operations - PDF
- CPL 04-02-2407 - Workplace Violence Hazard Alert Letter Follow-up in Healthcare and Social Service - PDF
Philadelphia (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)
- 2023-14 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Health Hazards in Metal Fabrication (Except Structural) - PDF
- 2022-01 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Warehousing Operations - PDF
- 2023-07 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program for Demolition Activities and Gut Rehabilitation - PDF
- 2023-01 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program for Fall Hazards in the Construction Industry - PDF
- 2023-15 (CPL 4) - Regional Emphasis Program for High Level Noise - PDF
- 2023-10 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program for Logging in West Virginia - PDF
- 2023-02 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program for Programmed Maritime Inspections - PDF
- 2023-04 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program for the Oil and Gas Service Industry - PDF
- 2023-05 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program for Tree Trimming and Clearing Operations - PDF
Atlanta (FL, GA, NC, SC)
- CPL 23/11 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Construction - PDF
- CPL 23/08 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Federal Agencies - PDF
- CPL 23/13 (CPL 04) - Region IV Guidance for Expedited Informal Settlement Agreements (EISA) - PDF
- CPL 23/05 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Noise Hazards - PDF
- CPL 23/09 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Poultry Processing Facilities - PDF
- CPL 23/07 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Powered Industrial Trucks - PDF
- CPL 23/10 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Safety Hazards in Auto Parts Industry – NAICS 3363XX (Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing) - PDF
- ATL-CPL-04-00-003 - Regional Emphasis Program for addressing Sanitation and Clean-Up Operations in the NAICS Groups 311XXX &3121XX - PDF
- ATL-CPL-04-00-001 - Regional Emphasis Program for Electrical Hazards - PDF
- ATL-CPL-04-00-000 - Regional Emphasis Program for Landscaping and Horticultural Services - PDF
- ATL-CPL-04-00-009 - Regional Emphasis Program for Programmed Maritime Inspections - PDF
Chicago (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
- CPL 04-05-2302 - Local Emphasis Program for Building Renovation/Rehabilitation and Demolition - PDF
- CPL 04-05-2303 - Local Emphasis Program for High Rise Building Construction Inspections in Chicago, Illinois - PDF
- CPL 04-05-2304 - Local Emphasis Program for the Wood Pallet Manufacturing Industry - PDF
- CPL 04-00-27 - Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Exposure to Noise Hazards in the Workplace - PDF
- CPL 04-05-2306 - Regional Emphasis Program for Food Manufacturing Industry - PDF
- CPL 04-05-2301 - Regional Emphasis Program for Grain Handling Facilities - PDF
- CPL 04-05-2305 - Regional Emphasis Program for Powered Industrial Vehicles - PDF
- CPL 04-00-028 - Regional Emphasis Program for Transportation Tank Cleaning Operations - PDF
- CPL 04-05-2307 - State Plan Referral Pilot - PDF
Dallas (NM, OK, TX)
- DAL-CPL-04-00-001 - Regional Emphasis Program for Construction - PDF
- DAL-CPL-04-00-002 - Regional Emphasis Program for Cranes used in Construction - PDF
- CPL 2 02-00-024B - Regional Emphasis Program for Fall Hazards in Non-Construction Industries - PDF
- CPL 2 02-00-028C - Regional Emphasis Program for Grain Handling Facilities - PDF
- CPL 2 02-00-029C - Regional Emphasis Program for Health Hazards in the Healthcare Industry - PDF
- CPL 2 02-00-027A - Regional Emphasis Program for Heat Illnesses - PDF
- CPL 2 02-00-023B - Regional Emphasis Program for High Noise in Manufacturing Industries - PDF
- CPL 2 02-02-030C - Regional Emphasis Program for Poultry Processing Facilities - PDF
- CPL 2 02-02-022C - Regional Emphasis Program for Safety & Health Hazards in Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products - PDF
- DAL-CPL-04-00-003 - Regional Emphasis Program for the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry - PDF
- CPL 2 02-00-032B - Regional Emphasis Program for Transportation Tank Cleaning Operations - PDF
Kansas City (IA, KS, MO, NE)
- CPL 02-00-700 - Consultation Rapid Response Investigation (RRI) Transfer Program (CRT) - PDF
- KCM-CPL-04-00-007 - Kansas Local Emphasis Program for Commercial and Residential Construction Following a Severe Weather Event - PDF
- KCM-CPL-04-00-008 - Kansas Local Emphasis Program on Oil and Gas - PDF
- KCM-CPL-04-00-006 - Local Emphasis Program for Federal Agencies within the State of Iowa - PDF
- CPL 02-16-05E - Nebraska Local Emphasis Program (LEP) for Meat Processing Industries - PDF
- KCM-CPL-04-00-004 - Nebraska Local Emphasis Program for Commercial and Residential Construction Following a Severe Weather Event - PDF
- KCM-CPL-04-00-005 - Nebraska Local Emphasis Program for Meat Processing Industries - PDF
- CPL 2-21-001 - Regional Emphasis Program – Top 50 Workplace – Health Hazard - PDF
- CPL 02-11-01L - Regional Emphasis Program (REP) – Workplaces with Noise Hazards - PDF
- KCM-CPL-04-00-003 - Regional Emphasis Program (REP) for Powered Industrial Trucks and Other Material or Personnel Handling Motorized Equipment in Construction, General Industry, and Maritime - PDF
- KCM-CPL-04-00-001 - Regional Emphasis Program for Grain Handling Facilities - PDF
- KCM-CPL-04-00-002 - Regional Emphasis Program on Falls, Scaffolds, and Electrocutions from Overhead Power Lines in Construction - PDF
Denver (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)
- DEN-CPL-04-00-006 - Local Emphasis Program for Aircraft Support and Maintenance - PDF
- CPL 24-04 (EP) - Local Emphasis Program for Cannabis Industries - PDF
- 20-06 (CPL 04-05) - Local Emphasis Program for the Asbestos Abatement Industry - PDF
- CPL 2022-02 - Regional Emphasis Program - Noise Induced Hearing Loss - PDF
- DEN-CPL-04-00-002 - Regional Emphasis Program for Beverage Manufacturing - PDF
- DEN-CPL-04-00-003 - Regional Emphasis Program for Grain Handling Facilities - PDF
- CPL 23-03 - Regional Emphasis Program for Powered Industrial Vehicles - PDF
- DEN-CPL-04-00-004 - Regional Emphasis Program for Roadway Work Zone Activities - PDF
- CPL 23-02 - Regional Emphasis Program for Scrap and Recycling Industries - PDF
- DEN-CPL-04-00-001 - Regional Emphasis Program for the Automotive Service Industry - PDF
- DEN-CPL-04-00-005 - Regional Emphasis Program for the Oil and Gas Industry - PDF
- CPL 23-01 - Regional Emphasis Program for Wood Manufacturing and Processing Facilities - PDF
- CPL 20-05 (04-01) - Regional Emphasis Program for Workplace Violence Hazards at Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities - PDF
- CPL 20-01 (04-01) - Regional Emphasis Program on Fall Hazards in Construction - PDF
- CPL 2022-01 - Regional Emphasis Program on Silica in Cut Stone and Slab Handling - PDF
San Francisco (AK, AS, AZ, CA, GU, HI, ID, NV, MP, OR, WA)
- CPL 04-00-17 - Handling of Fatality and Catastrophe Cases - PDF
- 21-06 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Casinos and/or Casino Hotels at Native American Reservations or American Trust Lands - PDF
- 21-11 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Construction - PDF
- 21-12 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Federal Agencies - PDF
- 21-02 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Floating Seafood Processors - PDF
- 21-05 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Inspections in the Grain Handling Industry - PDF
- 21-10 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Inspections of Longshoring Activity - PDF
- 21-01 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Logging in Idaho - PDF
- 21-03 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Logging Operations under Federal Jurisdiction in Oregon - PDF
- 21-04 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Off-Shore Oil and Gas Drilling Platforms - PDF
- 21-09 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program for Powered Industrial Trucks - PDF
- CPL 04-09-2409 - Local Emphasis Program for Retail Facilities - PDF
- CPL 04-09-2405 - Local Emphasis Program for Smelters - PDF
- 21-07 (CPL 04) - Local Emphasis Program Shipyard Employment Operations - PDF
- CPL 02-00-002A - Processing Significant and Novel Enforcement Cases - PDF
- 21-08 (CPL 04) - Regional Emphasis Program for Cranes used in Construction, General Industry and Maritime Employment - PDF
- CPL 04-09-2406 - Regional Emphasis Program for Federal Agencies - PDF
- CPL 04-00-16 - Regional Emphasis Program for Heat Illness - PDF
- CPL 04-09-2407 - Regional Emphasis Program for Hotels, Casinos or Casino Hotels - PDF
- CPL 04-09-2411 - Regional Emphasis Program for Landscaping Inspections - PDF
- CPL 04-09-2408 - Regional Emphasis Program for Longshoring - PDF
- CPL 04-09-2403 - Regional Emphasis Program for Powered Industrial Vehicles and Warehousing Operations - PDF
- CPL 04-09-2402 - Regional Emphasis Program for Programmed Construction Inspections - PDF
- CPL 04-09-2404 - Regional Emphasis Program for Ship and Boat Building and Repair - PDF
- CPL 04-09-2401 - Regional Emphasis Program on Amputations - PDF
Birmingham (AL, MS, LA, AR, TN, KY, FL panhandle)
- There are no listed directives for this region at this time.
