Description
OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Safety
Regulation: OSHA 29 CFR 1910
Prerequisites: None
Course Length: Approximately 30 Hours
Delivery Method: Self-Paced Online Training
The OSHA 30-Hour General Industry course is an advanced OSHA Outreach Training Program designed for supervisors, managers, safety coordinators, and employees who have responsibility for workplace safety and health.
This comprehensive course provides an in-depth understanding of OSHA regulations, hazard recognition, accident prevention, and safety management practices across a wide variety of general industry workplaces. Participants will learn how to identify workplace hazards, reduce risk, improve compliance, and promote a proactive safety culture within their organizations.
The curriculum emphasizes practical hazard recognition, hazard control, and injury prevention while helping leaders understand their role in protecting employees and maintaining OSHA compliance.
Course Topics Include:
- Introduction to OSHA
- Workers’ rights and employer responsibilities
- OSHA inspections and complaint procedures
- Safety leadership and management responsibilities
- Workplace safety and health programs
- Jobsite and facility inspections
- Hazard identification and risk assessment
- Accident investigation and incident prevention
- Walking-working surfaces and fall prevention
- Exit routes and emergency action planning
- Fire prevention and fire protection
- Electrical safety
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Hazard Communication (HazCom)
- Materials handling and storage
- Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
- Machine guarding
- Permit-required confined spaces
- Powered industrial truck awareness
- Industrial hygiene fundamentals
- Bloodborne pathogen awareness
- Ergonomics and injury prevention
- Welding, cutting, and hot work
- Hazardous materials awareness
- OSHA recordkeeping fundamentals
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize and evaluate workplace hazards
- Apply OSHA regulations within general industry operations
- Improve workplace safety through effective leadership
- Conduct basic hazard assessments and incident investigations
- Promote OSHA compliance and reduce workplace injuries
- Strengthen an organization’s overall safety culture
Certificate of Completion
Participants who successfully complete the course and achieve a passing score of 80% or higher on all required assessments will receive an OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Course Completion Certificate. Eligible participants will also receive an OSHA 30-Hour Department of Labor (DOL) Wallet Card in accordance with OSHA Outreach Training Program requirements.
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