OSHA 30 Hour: Construction

OSHA’s purpose, worker rights, employer responsibilities, workplace inspections, recognized hazards, whistleblower protections, and the safety resources available to employers and workers.

Common electrical hazards, shock prevention, grounding, circuit protection, energized equipment, overhead power lines, and protective work practices.

Hazard Communication Standard requirements, chemical labels, GHS pictograms, Safety Data Sheets, routes of exposure, hazardous substances, and hazard controls.

Protective equipment selection and use, respiratory protection, head, eye, hand, foot, hearing, and electrical protection, plus lifesaving equipment requirements.

Construction health risk factors, chemical exposures, asbestos, silica, lead, confined spaces, noise, vibration, radiation, and other environmental or ergonomic hazards.

Biological risk factors that may arise in construction work, including infectious animals, insects, disease vectors, and other biological sources of occupational exposure.

Ergonomic risk factors, musculoskeletal injury prevention, material-handling practices, task design, and approaches to reducing physical strain.

Recognizing heat and cold stress, identifying contributing conditions, and applying protective measures for work in demanding weather environments.

Ladder types, inspection and use requirements, safe-access principles, stairway requirements, and precautions for preventing falls during access and egress.

Scaffolding fundamentals, supported and suspended scaffold requirements, inspection awareness, fall prevention, and the importance of competent oversight.

Confined-space fundamentals, entry-team roles, hazard recognition, rescue considerations, training requirements, and construction-specific confined-space requirements.

Construction safety-management-system basics, worksite analysis, working effectively with contractors, and using systematic processes to identify and control hazards.

Manual and mechanical handling, cranes and slings, conveyors, housekeeping, storage practices, and common struck-by or caught-between prevention measures.

Safety responsibilities, hazard identification and correction, training, supervision, accountability, communication, and leadership practices that support a stronger safety culture.

Construction’s leading high-risk hazard categories: falls, caught-in or between hazards, struck-by hazards, and electrocution hazards—along with the protective measures used to prevent them.