December 2017
                                          Revised 12-4-2017
                      Oregon OSHA FIRM
                       Compliance Officer’s Guide
                               (COG)
                          DISCLAIMER 
        This Field Inspection Reference Manual (FIRM) or the Compliance Officer’s Guide (COG) is 
        intended to provide instruction regarding some of the internal operations of the Oregon 
        Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA), and is solely for the benefit of the 
        State of Oregon Government. No duties, rights, or benefits, substantive or procedural, are created
        or implied by this manual. The contents of this manual are not enforceable by any person or 
        entity against the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
                          BACKGROUND
        The FIRM was originally issued by federal OSHA September of 1994 replacing most of the 
        previous Field Operations Manual (FOM). Since that time, Oregon OSHA has revised its own 
        version of the FIRM in 2003 and will update it on a regular basis by amending chapters or 
        sections as necessary. It provides the field staff a reference document for identifying the 
        responsibilities associated with the majority of their inspection duties.
        The Oregon OSHA FIRM or COG implements the Federal Field Operations Manual (FOM), 
        instruction CPL 02-00-148 (effective November 9. 2009), that replaced federal OSHA’s Field 
        Inspection Reference Manual (FIRM), instruction CPL 02-00-103, issued September 26, 1994. 
                 Oregon OSHA FIRM
                   Compliance Officer’s Guide
                               (COG)
                               CHAPTER 1
                  Oregon OSHA Structure, Programs and Inspections
                               CHAPTER 2
                   Hazard Evaluation and Violation Documentation
                               CHAPTER 3
                           Conducting Inspections
                               CHAPTER 4
                       Complaint and Referral Inspections
                               CHAPTER 5
               Imminent Danger, Investigations and Emergency Response
                               CHAPTER 6
                        Specialized Inspection Procedures
                               CHAPTER 7
                             Penalty Assessment
                               CHAPTER 8
                         Inspection Report Preparation 
                               CHAPTER 9
                           Post-Citation Procedures 
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                                                                CHAPTER 1
                                     Oregon OSHA Structure, Programs and Inspections
                  I.        Oregon OSHA’s Mission 
                  II.       Oregon OSHA Sections 
                  III.      Oregon OSHA Scholarship and Grant Programs 
                           Workers’ Memorial Scholarship Program
                           Occupational Safety & Health Training and Education Grant Program
                  IV.       Oregon OSHA Cooperative Programs 
                           Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP)
                           Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)
                           Oregon OSHA Partnerships
                           Alliance Program
                  V.        Small Business Exemption 
                           Appropriations Act (Byron Rider)
                  VI.       Enforcement Inspection Priorities 
                  VII.      Unprogrammed Inspections 
                           Unprogrammed Related Inspections
                           Employer Information Requests
                  VIII.  Programmed Inspections 
                           Scheduled Inspections
                           Scheduled Inspection Exemptions
                           Special Emphasis Programs
                           National Emphasis Programs (NEPs)
                           Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs)
                           Scheduling Construction and Logging Safety Inspections
                           Follow-Up Inspections
                           Programmed Related Inspections
                           Triple Zero Inspections
                           Pre-Job Meetings
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