10-Hour General Industry – Designated Training Topics.
This training program is intended to provide entry level general industry workers information about their rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint as well as how to identify, abate, avoid and prevent job related hazards on a job site. The training covers a variety of general industry safety and health hazards which a worker may encounter at a work site. Instructional time must be a minimum of 10 hours. The minimum topic requirements are as follows:
Mandatory Topics 6 Hours
Introduction to OSHA, Electrical, Hazard Communication, Personal Protective Equipment, Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, Fire Prevention Plans, and Fire Protection, and Walking and Working Surfaces
Electives 2 Hours
(At least two topics must be presented. The minimum length of any topic is one-half hour.)
Hazardous Materials, Material Handling, Machine Guarding, Introduction to Industrial Hygiene, Bloodborne Pathogens, Ergonomics, Safety & Health Program, and Fall Protection
Optional: 2 Hour
(Minimum length of any topic is a half hour.)
30-Hour General Industry OSHA Outreach Training Program – Designated Training Topics.
The 30-hour General Industry OSHA Outreach Training Program is intended to provide a variety of training to workers with some safety responsibility. Training should emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control, and prevention, not OSHA standards. Instructional time must be a minimum of 30 hours. The topic requirements are as follows:
Mandatory – 12 hours.
Introduction to OSHA, Managing Safety and Health, Walking and Working Surfaces (includes fall protection), Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, Fire Prevention Plans and Fire Protection, Electrical, PPE, Materials Handling, Hazard Communication
Elective – 10 hours.
Permit-Required Confined Spaces, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Introduction to Industrial Hygiene, Bloodborne Pathogens, Safety and Health Programs, Powered Industrial Vehicles
Optional – 8 hours.