a. WISHA compliance and consultation supervisors will work from the same lists in assigning programmed inspections and marketing consultation services (see WIM 98-6-B).

b. WISHA activities will also be coordinated with Risk Management staff on a regional basis (see WIM 98-6-B).

c. WISHA compliance and consultation supervisors are expected to coordinate with other regions when assigning inspections to large statewide employers to avoid unplanned and uncoordinated levels of simultaneous activity.

d. WISHA compliance supervisors must not assign more than one site of a fixed industry employer operating in their region for a targeted health inspection and one site for a targeted safety inspection unless inspection results or other factors clearly document the need for a heightened enforcement presence (this restriction does not apply to employers found on the WISHA 200 list, handled in accordance with WIM 98-6-C).

Note: The previous limitation applies only to the extent that the sites involved are engaged in substantially similar activities. It should not be read to restrict a supervisor from assigning inspections of distinct operations simply because they share a single employer. For example, the restriction would apply to two restaurants owned by a single employer. But it would not apply to a bakery or commercial food service owned by the same employer.

a. Inspections of other-than-targeted worksites of the same employer must be assigned and reported according to non-programmed inspection guidance found in the WISHA Compliance Manual.

b. When an inspector conducts an assigned, programmed inspection from one of the "target lists," he or she must record the following information on the appropriate IMIS form:

Box #25: Name of target list (for example, "WASAFETY," "WAHEALTH," or "WISHA200")

a. When an inspector conducts a programmed inspection within a "high-hazard" industry and the employer appears on the appropriate target list, the appropriate assignment must be made and the inspector must record the information on the IMIS form as in 2.b above.

b. If an inspector conducts an inspection in a "high-hazard" industry and the employer does not appear on a target list, a non-targeted work assignment must be made (coded "U" for electrical utilities & communication or "O" for construction, logging, agriculture or maritime). Upon completing the inspection, the inspector must complete the IMIS form as follows:

Box #24: "Planned"

Box #25: "CONSTR," "MD," "AGRI," "EUC," "LOG," or "ASBESTOS" (depending on the particular high-hazard industry or activity involved)

a. WISHA supervisors may choose to assign a lower priority to an employer on the list and therefore not schedule an inspection only if one of the following criteria are met (supervisors are expected to document any such decision on SHIMS using the available codes):

i. The establishment has received a comprehensive enforcement or consultation visit within the same discipline (hygiene or safety) within the previous 12 months (in such cases the employer must be assigned a lower priority and therefore not be scheduled for immediate inspection);

NOTE: The above provision does not preclude follow-up enforcement activity resulting from a previous enforcement visit or from a consultation visit where serious hazards have not been abated as required by the consultant (see WISHA Consultation Manual for further guidance).

ii. The establishment has received a comprehensive enforcement or consultation visit within the same discipline (hygiene or safety) within the previous 13 to 24 months and the supervisor’s documented assessment (reflected on SHIMS using the available codes) suggests that a lower priority should be assigned. In making this assessment, the supervisor should consider factors such as the following:

iii. Similar establishments owned and operated by the same employer have received comprehensive inspections or consultations within the same discipline (hygiene or safety) during the previous 12 months and the supervisor’s documented assessment (reflected on SHIMS) suggests that a lower priority should be assigned. In making this assessment, the supervisor should consider factors such as the following:

iv. Similar activities by the same employer are the focus of current enforcement or consultation activity in other regions and the supervisor determines that additional enforcement activity would be inappropriate (see 1.c above).

b. WISHA compliance supervisors may delay enforcement visits to targeted employers in order to allow WISHA consultation to encourage the employer to take advantage of consultation services (see WIM 98-6-B).

c. WISHA compliance inspections must be assigned and conducted without regard to non-WISHA activity by L&I staff. Employers shall not be assigned a lower priority in relation to mandatory or programmed inspections based on such activity. However, regional management and supervisors may choose to alter the scheduling of visits to avoid obvious conflicts (for example, the arrival of a WISHA inspector during or immediately before or after a Risk Management visit or an industrial insurance audit – such activity is generally documented on the RMES screen in LINIIS).

Note: This does not preclude Risk Management coordination with WISHA Consultation, nor does it preclude Risk Management from participating in discussions about appropriate WISHA consultation and/or enforcement activity in relation to targeted employers. But if an employer takes advantage of Risk Management services without also accepting a WISHA consultation, the employer remains at the same place on the WISHA targeting lists.

d. WISHA compliance supervisors may delay enforcement visits to targeted employers in order to avoid conflict between hygiene and safety inspection activities (although coordinated inspections in such cases are preferred). However, inspections by the other discipline (hygiene or safety) are not a basis for assigning a lower priority to a targeted employers and any delay should be limited to that necessary to avoid unnecessary conflict.