OSHA 510: Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry

Course Description

The OSHA 510 course covers Federal OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as construction safety and health principles and is the prerequisite to the OSHA #500: Outreach Trainer for the Construction Industry. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA construction standards. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide. Learn to apply the appropriate Federal OSHA standard that applies to hazards in the construction industry.

Prerequisites

None.

OSHA 510 Course Topics

• Effects of workplace injuries and illnesses
• Mission and importance of OSHA in the workplace
• Organization, origin, codification of OSHA Standards
• Processes and Rules for OSHA inspections, citations, penalties and policies
• OSHA recordkeeping requirements for injuries and illnesses and OSHA forms 300, 300A, and 301
• Programs and requirements in OSHA 29 CFR 1926 that protect construction workers from injuries and illnesses
• Federal OSHA Standards that protect workers from common physical safety hazards:
  • Subpart C – General Worksite hazards
  • Subpart F – Fire hazards
  • Subpart I – Hand and Power Tool hazards
  • Subpart M – Fall Protection hazards
  • Subpart G – Signs, signals and barricades hazards
  • Subpart J – Welding hazards
• Federal OSHA Standards that protect workers from electrical safety hazards
  • Subpart K – Electrical hazards
  • Subpart J – Power Transmission and distribution hazards
• Federal OSHA Standards that protect workers from structural safety hazards
  • Subpart L – Scaffold hazards
  • Subpart P – Excavation hazards
  • Subpart Q – Concrete hazards
  • Subpart R – Steel Erection hazards
  • Subpart T – Demolition hazards
  • Subpart X – Stairway and ladder hazards
• Federal OSHA Standards that protect workers from mechanical safety hazards
  • Subpart O – Motor vehicle hazards
  • Subpart CC – Crane hazards
  • Subpart H – Material handling hazards
  • Subpart W – Rollover protective structures hazards
• Federal OSHA Standards that protect workers from occupational health related hazards
  • Subpart D – Health and environmental controls hazards
  • Subpart E – Personal protective equipment (PPE) hazards
  • Subpart Z – Toxic and hazardous substance hazards

Continuing Education Units

• CEUs – 2.6

Registration

1. Payment by credit card, check or purchase order or call 1-866-936-6742.
2. This class can be taught at your facility. Call 1-866-936-6742.

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