Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, OSHA NEWS—Revisions made to national emphasis program on amputations in manufacturing industries, (Jul 8, 2025)

By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.

One change is that any establishment that had an inspection that was initiated under this NEP in the previous 24 months, with no reported amputations within those 24 months, may be deleted from the programmed inspection list.

Under Directive Number CPL 03-00-027, which supersedes CPL 03-00-022, effective on June 27, 2025, OSHA has made several changes to the national emphasis program on amputations in manufacturing industries. Two of the “significant changes” identified in the new directive include a provision allowing for establishments to be deleted from the programmed inspection list under certain circumstances and the addition of several industries in the list of those subject to inspection.

First, the program now provides that any establishment that had an inspection that was initiated under this NEP in the previous 24 months, with no reported amputations within those 24months, may be deleted from the programmed inspection list.

Second, the list of industries covered has undergone changes. Establishments covered now also include industries such as soybean and other oilseed processing; fruit and vegetable canning; and manufacturing of beet sugar, cane sugar, frozen specialty food, spices and extracts, soft drinks, and bottled water. It also includes additional forms of wood manufacturing, as well as stone manufacturing, various types of foundries, and various other forms of manufacturing.

Moreover, according to the directive, some of the industries that were covered under the 2019 Amputations NEP now are no longer on the list. Examples of those industries that now appear to be off the list include creamery butter manufacturing; printing machinery and equipment manufacturing; and semiconductor machinery manufacturing.

Other significant changes have also been made.

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