Description
OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Safety
Regulation: OSHA 29 CFR 1910
Prerequisites: None
Course Length: Approximately 10 Hours
Delivery Method: Self-Paced Online Training
The OSHA 10-Hour General Industry course is designed to provide entry-level employees with a strong foundation in workplace safety and health. This OSHA Outreach Training Program introduces participants to common workplace hazards, safe work practices, and OSHA’s role in protecting workers across a wide range of industries.
Throughout the course, participants will learn how to recognize, avoid, and prevent workplace hazards while gaining an understanding of their rights as employees and their employer’s responsibilities under OSHA regulations.
The curriculum emphasizes hazard recognition, accident prevention, and safety awareness to help employees work safely and contribute to a stronger workplace safety culture.
Course Topics Include:
- Introduction to OSHA
- Workers’ rights and employer responsibilities
- OSHA inspections and complaint procedures
- Hazard identification and risk assessment
- Walking-working surfaces
- Slip, trip, and fall prevention
- Exit routes and emergency action plans
- Fire prevention and fire safety
- Electrical safety
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Hazard Communication (HazCom)
- Machine guarding
- Materials handling and storage
- Industrial hygiene fundamentals
- Bloodborne pathogen awareness
- Ergonomics and injury prevention
- Workplace safety and health programs
- General industry hazard recognition
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize common workplace hazards found in general industry
- Apply safe work practices to reduce workplace injuries
- Understand OSHA worker rights and employer responsibilities
- Identify methods for preventing accidents and illnesses
- Help create and maintain a safer workplace
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 10-Hour General Industry Course Completion Certificate. Eligible participants will also receive an OSHA 10-Hour Department of Labor (DOL) Wallet Card in accordance with OSHA Outreach Training Program requirements.
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