05-12-2025 - OSHA 30-Hour General Industry - Lancaster, PA

Why Should You Take This OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Course?

The Occupational Safety and Health Act was enacted to provide on-the-job safety and health conditions for American employees. The act established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and assigned it a general duty to ensure that employers keep their workplaces free from hazards likely to cause death or serious harm to employees. The act also gave the Secretary of Labor the authority to impose more specific duties or standards to certain high-risk industries by adopting additional standards if necessary.

The OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Health & Safety course teaches OSHA regulations and standards as they apply to general industry. The course covers practices of identifying, reducing, eliminating and reporting on-site hazards. It also teaches safety awareness and assists supervisors in recognizing and reducing risks in the workplace.

This program will assist employers in training supervisors for competent person status. The training covers a variety of general safety and health hazards which a worker may encounter at a work site. OSHA recommends this training as an orientation to occupational health and safety. Training should emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control, and prevention. 

Topics To Be Covered Include:

• Introduction to OSHA
• OSHA Focus Four Hazards
• OSH Act, General Duty Clause, Employer and Employee Rights and Responsibilities
• Whistleblower Rights, Recordkeeping Basics
• Inspections, Citations, and Penalties
• General Safety and Health Provisions
• Competent Person
• Value of Safety and Health
• Fall Protection
• Electrical
• Struck by (e.g., falling objects, trucks, cranes)
• Caught in/between (e.g., trench hazards, equipment)
• Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment
• Health Hazards in Construction (e.g., noise, hazards communication and crystalline silica)
• Materials Handling, Storage, Use and Disposal
• Tools (Hand and Power)
• Scaffolds
• Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors
• Excavations
• Stairways and Ladders

Compliance Code:  29 CFR 1910 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry

Top 10 - Most Accessed General Industry Standards:

1. Bloodborne Pathogens – 1910.1030
2. Hazard Communication – 1910.1200
3. Respiratory Protection – 1910.134
4. Occupational  – 1910.95
5. Powered Industrial Trucks – 1910.178
6. Permit-Required Confined Spaces – 1910.146
7. Lockout/Tagout – 1910.147
8. Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response – 1910.120
9. Guarding Floor and Wall Openings and Holes – 1910.23
10. Personal Protective Equipment – 1910.132

Please Note:  Â›One constant in OSHA law is that all employees are to be trained on the hazards of their jobs before they start work (HAZCOM). Â›A Contractor selects specific training based on the needs of his workers and the potential hazards on site.