Course Overview

The OSHAcademy 30-Hour General Industry Safety and Health program is designed for workers with safety responsibilities who require greater depth and variety of training on workplace hazards. It develops practical understanding of hazard recognition, avoidance, control and prevention, together with workers’ rights, employer responsibilities and effective safety leadership.

Learning Outcomes

• Recognize common safety and health hazards in general industry workplaces.
• Apply the hierarchy of controls and appropriate preventive measures.
• Understand OSHA fundamentals, workers’ rights and employer responsibilities.
• Identify hazards involving PPE, falls, electricity, machinery, materials handling and ergonomics.
• Apply basic Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) and hazard-control principles.
• Explain lockout/tagout, confined-space and emergency-planning requirements.
• Support effective safety supervision, leadership, accountability, recognition and training

Course Content

– Introduction to OSHA
– Hazard Communication
– Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
– Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Protection
– Electrical Safety for Employees
– Safety Supervision
– Safety Leadership
– Safety Accountability
– Employee Recognition and Motivation
– Safety Training Principles
– Hazard Identification and Control
– Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
– Ergonomic Hazards in General Industry
– Machine Safeguarding
– Welding Safety
– Forklift Safety
– Confined Space Safety
– Electrical Safety Hazards and Controls
– Managing Safety and Health in General Industry
– Materials Handling Safety
– Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
– Workplace Emergency Planning
– Bloodborne Pathogens in the Workplace