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General Industry Safety Orientation
A new-hire orientation to safety in a general-industry workplace: your safety rights and responsibilities, the hierarchy of controls and the common hazards…
What you’ll learn
By the end of this course.
State your safety rights and responsibilities — OSH Act, 1910
Explain the hierarchy of controls and recognize common general-industry hazards
Apply on-site basics: PPE and the Hazard Communication right-to-know — 1910.132,1910.1200
Recognize lockout/tagout and machine-guarding hazards at an awareness level — 1910.147,1910.212
Respond in an emergency using the emergency action plan — 1910.38
Report incidents, near-misses, and hazards, and know where to get depth
References & standards
Grounded in the source material.
- 29 CFR 1910 — Occupational Safety and Health Standards
- 29 CFR 1910.1200 — Hazard Communication
- 29 CFR 1910.38 — Emergency action plans
- OSHA — Workers' rights
This is awareness training. It supports your program; it is not a substitute for site-specific procedures or hands-on competency where a standard requires it.
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