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)

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.

Other Resources

• Small Business. OSHA.
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• Statistics and Data
  
  
• Publications. OSHA.