Workplace Safety Guides
Plain answers with the OSHA standard cited, so you can check them yourself.
Where Should You Start with Workplace Safety?
Start by walking your workplace and writing down its hazards. Then match them to PPE, list the training your tasks require, and set up your OSHA 300 log if you must keep one. Small businesses can also ask OSHA’s free On-Site Consultation Program for confidential advice, separate from enforcement.
Incident Rate Calculator
Work out TRIR and DART from your log and hours.
OSHA Training Finder
Tick tasks to see the training and how often.
PPE Checklist
Match hazards to gear and standards. Printable.
OSHA 10 vs OSHA 30
What the OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour classes cover, who should take each, whether they are required, and how cards work.
How to Calculate TRIR and DART
The OSHA incident rate formula, a worked example, what counts as recordable, and why contractors get asked for these numbers.
Who Pays for PPE?
When employers must pay for protective equipment under OSHA, and the exceptions such as ordinary safety-toe boots and prescription safety glasses.
Fire Extinguisher Inspection Requirements
How often extinguishers must be checked, what the annual service includes, what hydrostatic testing is and which records to keep.
OSHA 300 Log and Recordkeeping
What the OSHA 300, 300A and 301 forms are, who is exempt, when to post, how long to keep them, and when to call OSHA.
Workplace First Aid Kit Requirements
What OSHA requires for workplace first aid, what ANSI Z308.1 Class A and Class B kits are, and how to choose.
HAZWOPER Training Hours Explained
Who needs 40-hour, 24-hour or 8-hour HAZWOPER training under 29 CFR 1910.120, with field time and the annual refresher.
Forklift Certification Requirements
OSHA’s powered industrial truck rule: who trains, who certifies, and how often operators need an evaluation.
OSHA Penalties and Maximum Fines
The current federal OSHA maximum penalty amounts, what serious and willful mean, and how penalty reductions work.
State Plan vs Federal OSHA
Which U.S. states run their own OSHA-approved plans, which plans cover public workers only, and what it means for your business.
How Long Does CPR Certification Last?
How long CPR and first aid cards last, whether online classes count for work, what classes cost and how to find one.
Safety Toe Boot Standards Explained
How to read an ASTM F2413 boot label, what steel and composite toes offer, and when OSHA requires protective footwear.
Questions to Ask Each Type of Provider
- Questions to Ask Safety Equipment Suppliers
- Questions to Ask Industrial Supply Branches
- Questions to Ask Work Boots & Workwear
- Questions to Ask Fire Extinguisher & Protection
- Questions to Ask Safety Training & Consulting
- Questions to Ask CPR & First Aid Training
- Questions to Ask Occupational Health Clinics
- Questions to Ask Traffic Control & Flagging