OSHA 10 Construction study plan
OSHA 10 Construction · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Introduction to OSHA
Define the scope of OSHA's authority over construction employers and employees under the OSH Act
List, in correct order, OSHA's inspection priorities from imminent danger through low-priority programmed inspections
Identify at least six employee rights (walkaround, refusal-to-work, 11(c) anti-retaliation, access to records, hazard complaint, contest abatement) and match each to a construction scenario
Explain the employer's general duty clause obligation and list the four elements needed to establish a general duty violation
Your checkpoint
One-page written summary mapping 15 OSHA rights/responsibilities to the party (employer, employee, OSHA) plus a 20-question self-quiz scored at 80% or higher
Introduction to OSHA
Classify violations (de minimis, other-than-serious, serious, willful, repeat, failure-to-abate) and compute the maximum penalty tier for each
Outline the citation-and-contest timeline, including the 15-working-day notice of contest and the informal conference option
Describe recordkeeping duties: which employers must keep OSHA 300 logs, what the 300A posting deadline is, and which injuries are recordable
Distinguish federal OSHA enforcement from state-plan states and from the free On-Site Consultation program
Your checkpoint
30-question Domain 1 practice set scored at 85% or higher, submitted with a written error log naming the specific fact missed on every wrong item
Construction Focus Four
Identify fall hazards in 10 written scenarios using the correct fall-protection trigger heights for general construction, scaffolds, and steel erection
Match fall-protection components (guardrail systems, personal fall arrest, safety net, ladder safety, positioning device) to the situations each controls
Name the four Focus Four categories and sort 20 written construction events into the correct category, including struck-by versus caught-in/between distinctions
List three controls for each of the four struck-by hazard classes: falling, flying, swinging, and rolling objects
Your checkpoint
25-item hazard identification drill sorted by Focus Four category and scored at 88% or higher
Construction Focus Four
Explain six electrocution control measures, including GFCI use, assured equipment grounding conductor programs, lockout/tagout, and the 10-foot minimum clearance from overhead lines
Apply excavation safety rules: the 5-foot protective-system trigger, competent-person daily inspections, access/egress spacing, and spoil-pile setback distances
Select the correct PPE and training requirements for caught-in/between and struck-by exposures in 15 written scenarios
Describe the employer's duty to provide hazard training to each employee who faces a Focus Four exposure
Your checkpoint
Four-quadrant Focus Four hazard-and-control card plus a 40-question Focus Four exam scored at 80% or higher
Other Training Topics
Interpret Hazard Communication requirements: written program elements, SDS access, container labeling, and required employee training content
Select the correct PPE for eye, face, head, hand, foot, and hearing hazards described in 15 written task scenarios
Distinguish the health hazards, exposure limits, and required controls for respirable crystalline silica, lead, and asbestos in construction
Describe hearing conservation basics, including when a hearing conservation program and audiometric testing are triggered
Your checkpoint
30-question quiz covering HazCom, PPE, and health hazards scored at 85% or higher with each missed item rewritten as a correct statement
Other Training Topics
Apply ladder and stairway rules: load ratings, 3-foot above-landing extension, 4-to-1 setup angle, and three points of contact
Identify safe and unsafe practices for hand and power tools, including guarding, switch types, and clearance from energized lines
Explain materials-handling and crane/rigging requirements, including rigging inspection, load charts, and signal-person duties
Describe confined-space entry duties, fire prevention and extinguisher rules, and the meaning of construction signs, signals, and barricades
Your checkpoint
35-question Domain 3 practice set scored at 85% or higher, plus a one-page list of the 10 facts you missed most often across Domains 1 through 3
Introduction to OSHA & Other Training Topics
Rank your three weakest subtopics from your error logs and re-teach each one by writing a five-sentence explanation from memory
Recite OSHA inspection priorities, penalty tiers, and recordkeeping thresholds from a blank page without notes
Merge all Domain 3 subtopics into a single outline and tag every line with a real construction task you have seen or can picture
Complete timed mixed sets to build pacing for the 10-hour curriculum quizzes
Your checkpoint
Timed 60-question mixed mock exam at 85% or higher, with a written remediation list for any subtopic under 80%
Introduction to OSHA & Construction Focus Four & Other Training Topics
Complete two full-length timed simulations covering all three domains and record a score for each
Re-teach every item missed across the two simulations by writing the correct rule and one example
Consolidate all facts into a single one-page reference sheet organized by domain and weighted by exam percentage
Rehearse the Focus Four category sort until you place 40 items correctly with zero category errors
Your checkpoint
Two timed 50-question simulations scored at 90% or higher plus a finished one-page reference sheet and a zero-error 40-item Focus Four sort
Milestones
Week 2: Score 85% or higher on a 30-question Domain 1 set and state the inspection priority order and citation contest window from memory
Week 4: Score 80% or higher on a combined 60-question Domains 1-2 exam and correctly sort 20 mixed events into the four Focus Four categories
Week 6: Score 85% or higher on a combined 60-question Domains 1-3 midterm, with no domain below 80%
Week 8: Score 90% or higher on two timed 50-question simulations and show a completed one-page reference sheet covering all three domains