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Workplace Inspection Program

The Workplace Inspection Program's mission is to support NIST's safety, health, and environmental goals through comprehensive workplace inspections, expert guidance, and innovative solutions, ensuring a safer and more compliant work environment.

The Workplace Inspection Program (WIP) Suborder provides a uniform approach to conducting comprehensive safety and health inspections of workplaces. The requirements of this suborder apply to all NIST-owned facilities and to all off-site non-residential workplaces where NIST employees and covered associates conduct work for periods of six months or more.

Created April 2, 2014, Updated January 16, 2026
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