Emphasis programs
Where OSHA has said it is looking next
A National Emphasis Program is OSHA publishing its own targeting. It names an industry and commits inspectors to it — which makes it the only public signal that arrives before anything has gone wrong.
Falls
CPL 03-00-025
Fall hazards in construction — the most-cited standard family in the country.
Amputations in Manufacturing
CPL 03-00-027
Machine guarding and lockout/tagout in manufacturing.
Respirable Crystalline Silica
CPL 03-00-023
Cutting, grinding, drilling of concrete, stone and masonry.
Combustible Dust
CPL 03-00-008
Facilities generating combustible dusts — food, wood, chemical, metal.
Heat — Outdoor and Indoor
CPL 03-00-024
Seasonal: emphasis rises on high-heat days. Broad NAICS coverage by design.
PSM Covered Chemical Facilities
CPL 03-00-021
Process safety management at petroleum and chemical plants.
Primary Metal Industries
CPL 03-00-018
Hexavalent Chromium
CPL 02-02-076
Lead
CPL 03-00-009
Warehousing and Distribution Center Operations
CPL 03-00-026
Warehouses, distribution centres, and high-injury-rate retail with warehouse ops.
Trenching and Excavation
CPL 02-00-161
Excavation cave-in hazards — one of the deadliest construction activities.
Shipbreaking
CPL 03-00-020
OSHA Radar matches every emphasis program against employers who have not been inspected in years — the sites those inspectors are heading for.
Methodology: see /data. Initial penalties may change through settlement or contest. OSHA Radar is an independent service built on public U.S. Department of Labor records. Not affiliated with or endorsed by OSHA or any government agency.