Manufacturing OSHA 10-Hour Course Outline
A practical awareness course for entry-level manufacturing and general-industry workers. The outline anchors the day in 29 CFR 1910, with focused time on the hazards employees encounter around production lines, maintenance work, chemicals, machinery, and emergency response.
Course snapshot
A clear starting point for plant-floor safety
Use this outline to set expectations before enrollment and to identify where employer- and site-specific instruction needs to continue.
Prerequisites
None
Designed for entry-level workers; employer onboarding remains separate.
Duration
10 contact hours
The seven modules below add up to the full course time.
Completion record
Certificate / OSHA 10 card
Documents course completion; it is not a license or job-specific qualification.
Standards anchor
29 CFR 1910
General-industry rules, with plant-specific procedures still required.
The ten-hour outline
Seven modules, one coherent safety baseline
Contact-hour total: 10 hours
- 01
Intro to OSHA
29 CFR 1910.1–1910.8Worker rights, employer duties, inspections, reporting channels, and how the general-industry standards apply across production, maintenance, warehouse, and support areas.
1 hour - 02
Walking & Working Surfaces
29 CFR 1910.22Housekeeping, aisles, platforms, floors, ladders, and common slip, trip, and fall exposures in active manufacturing work areas.
1.5 hours - 03
Exit Routes & Emergency Action Plans
29 CFR 1910.36–1910.38Exit-route design, alarm and evacuation expectations, emergency reporting, accountability, and the employee actions covered by an emergency action plan.
1 hour - 04
Electrical Safety
29 CFR 1910 Subpart S; §1910.333Electrical hazards, guarding live parts, safe work practices, approach boundaries, inspection basics, and when qualified-person rules apply.
1.5 hours - 05
Lockout/Tagout
29 CFR 1910.147The control of hazardous energy: authorized and affected employees, shutdown and isolation, verification of zero energy, release from lockout, and periodic inspection.
2 hours - 06
Machine Guarding
29 CFR 1910.212Point-of-operation and mechanical hazards, fixed and interlocked guards, nip points, rotating parts, and the limits of bypassing or defeating safeguards.
1.5 hours - 07
Hazard Communication
29 CFR 1910.1200Labels, pictograms, Safety Data Sheets, written HazCom programs, chemical inventory awareness, and employee right-to-know training under the GHS-aligned standard.
1.5 hours
Awareness content follows the general-industry framework in 29 CFR 1910.
The longest block is Lockout/Tagout because energy-control concepts need room for verification.
Add employer, equipment, chemical, and emergency procedures for the actual facility.
Before you enroll
Questions employers and workers ask about OSHA 10
Course cards are useful documentation, but they do not replace the training a specific employer, site, state plan, or task requires.
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