The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
recently released an updated National Emphasis Program (NEP) to
focus enforcement efforts on amputation hazards in manufacturing
industries. It replaces the previous NEP, released in August 2015,
which had expired on September 30, 2019. The new NEP will expire on
December 10, 2024.
The new NEP streamlines the older version into a more concise
document. The enforcement process is unchanged; the new NEP does
not add any new wrinkles or details on how inspectors will go about
conducting an inspection. One new surprise, however, is that
Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) status will no longer exempt an
employer's worksite from an NEP inspection.
