DLLR's Division of Labor and Industry

1. Purpose. This Instruction establishes a LEP for High Hazard Industries in general industry.
2. Scope. This Instruction applies to all Regional Offices & Outreach
3. References. None
4. Expiration. This Instruction expires on September 30, 2013.
5. Action Information.
   1. Responsible Office: Office of the Assistant Commissioner
   2. Action Office: All Regional Offices & Outreach
   3. Information Office: Office of the Assistant Commissioner
6. Action. MOSH compliance personnel shall ensure that the procedures contained in this directive are followed when conducting this LEP. The Chief of Compliance or designee will randomize establishments of the same NAICS/SIC identified through the High Hazard Industries listed in Section 8.b and assign in cycles concurrently with the active Site Specific Targeting (SST) system in place. See current MOSH Instructions for the current SST. These inspections will be scheduled in accordance with MOSH's FOM Chapter 2.
7. Background. General Industry injuries and illnesses are tracked by several different methods. By analyzing the results of injury and illness data, employment data, and fatalities over a seven year period to determine ascending or descending trends results in a list of High Hazard Industries that indicates where MOSH needs to focus its resources. This data is based on Bureau of Labor and Statistics databases from 2004 to 2010 as well as MOSH fatal reports from 2004 to 2012.
8. Procedures. This LEP will be conducted throughout the State.
   1. The Chief of Compliance, or designee, will create a randomized establishment inspection list by extracting the industries listed in Paragraph b. of this section from an establishment database.
   2. List of Identified High Hazard Industries by NAICS Codes:

3. Any unprogrammed inspection or investigation such as a complaint, referral, fatality, etc., will be expanded to a comprehensive safety or health inspection for any establishment that is already included within the high hazard list without regard to scheduling order.
4. This list will also serve as a state specific High Hazard list for Consultation coding and targeting efforts for VPP, CCP, SHARP, Alliances, and Training and Education activities.

9. Recording in IMIS. The IMIS identifier code to be used in item 25c on the OSHA-1 will be "HIGHHAZD."

cc: J. Ronald DeJuliis, Commissioner, Division of Labor and Industry
Jonathan Krasnoff, Assistant Attorney General
Office of Administrative Hearings

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