May 14, 2025  
2025-2026 Workforce Education Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Workforce Education Catalog

UBCT 110 - OSHA 10 General Industrial Safety


Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10 concepts and applications. Includes worker rights and employer responsibilities, how to file a complaint, and how to identify, abate, avoid, and prevent job-related hazards. Also includes the four types of hazards commonly found on construction sites.

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Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Explain worker rights under OSHA.
  2. Identify OSHA standards.
  3. Describe the four focus hazards for the construction industry.
  4. Identify general industry hazards

Outline:
  1. Employer Responsibility- Employee Right to Know 
    1. Unsafe conditions 
    2. Regulations 
    3. Hazards 
    4. Exposure 
    5. Accident Prevention 
  2. Personal Protective Equipment 
    1. Eye Protection 
    2. Hand Protection 
    3. Foot Protection 
    4. Head Protection 
    5. Clothing 
    6. Skin Protection
    7. Breathing-respiratory 
    8. Fall protection 
    9. Hearing protection 
  3. Material Handling 
    1. Signaling 
    2. Barricades 
    3. Storage 
    4. Housekeeping 
    5. Rigging 
    6. Hazardous materials
  4. Hand and Power Tools 
    1. Hand tools 
      1. Wrenches 
      2. Saws 
      3. Pliers 
      4. Screw drivers 
      5. Hammers 
      6. Files 
      7. Knives 
    2. Power tools 
      1. Electric power tools 
      2. Pneumatic power tools 
      3. Fuel powered tools 
      4. Hydraulic power tools 
      5. Power-actuated tools 
      6. Abrasive tools 
      7. Woodworking tools 
  5. Electrical Hazards 
    1. Lock-out/tag-out 
    2. Static and dyanamic 
    3. Current and conducting 
    4. Circuits 
    5. Training 
    6. Amperes 
    7. Volts 
    8. Resistance 
    9. Electric shock 
  6. Hazards Communication Standards (HAZCOM) 
    1. Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) 
    2. Worker responsibilities under HAZCOM 
  7. Fire Safey 
    1. Fire prevention guidelines 
    2. How fires start
    3. Fire prevention 
      1. Flammable and combustible liquids 
      2. Flammable gasses 
      3. Ordinary combustibles 
      4. Other 
    4. Fire fighting 
      1. Classes of fires 
      2. Other 
  8. Scaffolds 
    1. Erectors and dismantlers 
    2. Capacity 
    3. Scaffold platform construction 
    4. Criteria for supported scaffolds 
    5. Suspension scaffolds 
    6. Access 
    7. Fall protection (belts, lanyards, guard rails, toe boards) 
    8. Cross bracing 
    9. Midrails 
  9. Fall Protection
    1. Training requirements 
    2. Controlled access zones 
    3. Safety monitoring systems 
    4. Guidelines for fall arrest systems 
    5. Guardrail/covers 
    6. Connecting activity 
    7. Positioning device systems 
    8. Deceleration device 
    9. Fall protection plan 
    10. Protection from falling objects 
    11. Safety net 
  10. Cranes 
    1. Operator error 
    2. Site conditions 
    3. Mechanical failure 
    4. Structural failure 
    5. Rigigng failure 
    6. Crane signal/radio communication failure 
    7. Derricks 
    8. Hand signals 
    9. Wire rope 
    10. Platform 
    11. Transit 
    12. Overhead hazards 
  11. Stairways and ladders 
    1. Risers 
    2. Platform/landing 
    3. Stair rails and handrails 
    4. Midrails 
    5. Ladder loads 
    6. Rungs 
    7. Cleats 
    8. Spreaders 
    9. Cages for fixed ladder 
    10. Training requirements 
    11. Ansi guidelines 
  12. Trade Terms 
    1. Hand tools 
      1. Alloy 
      2. Beveled 
      3. Dropped-forged 
      4. Kerf 
      5. Plumb 
      6. Other 
    2. Power Tools 
      1. Ground fault protection
      2. Electric 
      3. Hydraulic 
      4. Pnuematic 
      5. Powder (explosvie) 
      6. Revolutions Per Minute (RPM)
      7. Tempered 
      8. Other 
  13. Hand Tool Use
    1. Selection 
      1. Hammers 
        1. Claw 
        2. Ball peen
      2. Screwdrivers 
        1. Slotted 
        2. Phillips 
      3. Sledgehammers 
        1. Double face 
        2. Cross peen
      4. Ripping bars and nail pullers 
      5. Wrenches 
        1. Adjustable 
        2. Nonadjustable 
      6. Pliers and wire cutters 
        1. Slip-joint 
        2. Long-nose 
        3. Lineman
      7. Levels 
      8. Squares 
        1. Framing 
        2. Combination 
      9. Rulers and measuring tapes 
      10. Vices and clamps 
        1. Bench vise
        2. C-clamp 
      11. Saws
        1. Crosscut 
        2. Rip
      12. Files, chisels and punches 
      13. Plumb bob 
      14. Sockets and ratchets 
    2. Safe use 
    3. Maintenance 
  14. Power Tool Use 
    1. Selection 
      1. Drills 
        1. Electric 
        2. Cordless 
        3. Hammer 
        4. Electro-magnetic 
        5. Pneumatic 
      2. Saws 
        1. Circular 
        2. Saber 
        3. Reciprocating 
        4. Band
        5. Jig 
      3. Grinders and sanders 
        1. Angle 
        2. End
        3. Bench 
      4. Miscellaneous
        1. Jackhammer 
        2. Porta-power 
        3. Powder actuated 
    2. Safe use 
    3. Maintenance 
  15. Terms and Symbols 
    1. Working drawings 
    2. Site plan 
    3. Plan views 
    4. Elevation drawings 
    5. Sectional drawings 
    6. Detail drawings 
    7. Auxiliary drawings 
    8. Other 
  16. Components 
    1. Title block 
    2. Design drawing area
    3. Legend
    4. Revision block
    5. Scale
  17. Measuring Tools 
    1. Engineer’s scale 
    2. Architect’s scale 
    3. Metric scale
    4. Applications 
  18. Line Types and Symbols 
    1. Line types 
      1. Property 
      2. Boundary 
      3. Main object 
      4. Hidden
      5. Center 
      6. Dimension and extension 
      7. Break 
      8. Reference 
      9. Leader 
      10. Other 
    2. Symbols 
      1. Building material 
      2. Electrical 
      3. Piping 
      4. Door and window 
  19. Abbreviations
    1. AGGR (aggregate) 
    2. BM (bench mark)
    3. ELEV (elevation) 
    4. MECH (mechanical)
    5. PWR (power) 
    6. STR (structural) 
    7. WDW (window) 
    8. Other 
  20. Grid Lines, Plan Locations, and Dimensions 
    1. Grid lines 
    2. Plan locations
    3. Dimensions 
      1. Floor plans 
      2. Elevations 
      3. Sections and details 
  21. Production Techniques 
    1. Computer Aided Design (CAD)
    2. Care
    3. Procedures 
  22. Blueprint Reading Parts and Locations 
    1. Site plan 
    2. Floor plan 
    3. Elevation drawing 
    4. Sectional drawing 
    5. Detail drawing 
    6. Electrical drawing 
    7. HVAC plan 
    8. Plumbing plan 
    9. Door and window schedule