OSHA uses the term "general industry" to refer to all industries not included in agriculture, construction or maritime. General industries are regulated by OSHA's general industry standards, directives, and standard interpretations.

OSHA Standards

This section highlights OSHA standards, directives (instructions for compliance officers), and standard interpretations (official letters of interpretation of the standards) related to the general industry.

Note: Twenty-five states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have OSHA-approved State Plans and have adopted their own standards and enforcement policies. For the most part, these States adopt standards that are identical to Federal OSHA. However, some States have adopted different standards applicable to this topic or may have different enforcement policies.

General Industry (29 CFR 1910)


• 1910 Subpart A, General
  
  
• 1910 Subpart B, Adoption and extension of established federal standards
  
  
• 1910 Subpart C, Adoption and extension of established federal standards
  
  
• 1910 Subpart D, Walking-working surfaces [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart E, Exit routes, emergency action plans, and fire prevention plans [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart F, Powered platforms, manlifts, and vehicle-mounted work platforms
  
  
• 1910 Subpart G, Occupational health and environment control
  
  
• 1910 Subpart H, Hazardous materials
  
  
• 1910 Subpart I, Personal protective equipment [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart J, General environmental controls
  
  
• 1910 Subpart K, Medical and first aid [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart L, Fire protection [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart M, Compressed gas and compressed air equipment [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart N, Materials handling and storage
  
  
• 1910 Subpart O, Machinery and machine guarding [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart P, Hand and portable powered tools and other hand-held equipment [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart Q, Welding, cutting, and brazing [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart R, Special industries
  
  
• 1910 Subpart S, Electrical [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart T, Commercial diving operations [related topic page]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart U, [Reserved]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart V, [Reserved]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart W, Program standard
  
  
• 1910 Subpart X, [Reserved]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart Y, [Reserved]
  
  
• 1910 Subpart Z, Toxic and hazardous substances [related topic page]

Standard Interpretations

• OSHA's General Industry standard requires damaged welding leads to be replaced and not to be repaired. (2005, April 5).
  
  
• General Industry Standard as it applies to the electric utility industry. (1997, December 18).
  
  
• General industry standards to construction activities. (1993, December 3).
  
  
• Search all available standard interpretations.

Additional Information

Related Safety and Health Topics Pages

• Safety and Health Topics Pages. OSHA. Includes information on hazards, solutions, and compliance information for many general industry topics.

Training

• OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Outreach-Trainer Presentations. OSHA. Assists trainers conducting 10-hour general industry outreach training for workers. Since workers are the target audience, these materials emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, and control - not standards.
  
  
• Recordkeeping Training Presentations. OSHA. Presents OSHA's recordkeeping rule.
  • Recordkeeping Highlights [1 MB PPT^*, 23 slides]. Slide Presentation.
  • Comprehensive Presentation [3 MB PPT^*, 73 slides]. Slide Presentation.
    • Instructor Guide
    • Presentation Script [849 KB PDF^*, 73 pages].

Other Resources

• Small Business. OSHA.
  • On-site Consultation
    • Program Information and Benefits
      
      
• Statistics and Data. OSHA.
  
  
• Publications. OSHA.

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