About This Course and How the General Industry Rules Are Organized

This course is awareness training aligned with the federal general industry standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), found in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1910 (29 CFR 1910). It is written for workers, team leaders and new supervisors in manufacturing, warehousing, utilities and maintenance, and for staff outside the United States who work for US-owned operations.

The course covers roughly the same ground as a ten-hour general industry awareness program: the law, your rights, the main hazards and the rules that control them. Three of its lessons go deeper, into the US rules for lockout/tagout, permit-required confined spaces and fall protection.

How 29 CFR 1910 is organized

Part 1910 is divided into subparts, each marked with a letter, and each subpart holds numbered sections. A section number such as 1910.147 tells you the part (1910) and the section (147). Paragraphs inside a section are written like (c)(6)(i). When a supervisor says "that is in 1910.147", they mean the section on the control of hazardous energy.

Construction work follows a different part, 29 CFR 1926. Some workplaces do both kinds of work, and the employer must decide which rules apply to each task. Construction is covered in the OSHA Construction Safety Awareness (29 CFR 1926) course.