OSHA 10 Maritime study guide
OSHA 10 Maritime · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The OSHA 10-Hour Maritime Outreach Training is a voluntary hazard-awareness course delivered by OSHA-authorized trainers under OSHA's Outreach Training Program. OSHA's maritime training page describes it as one of the two maritime class levels - the 10-Hour and the 30-Hour - that authorized trainers conduct for the maritime industry, alongside program information, trainer prerequisites, trainer requirements, and the required curriculum. The 10-Hour level is generally aimed at entry-level and front-line workers, and at employees whose maritime duties expose them to vessel, terminal, and shore-side hazards. Because OSHA publishes the required curriculum as a distinct item on the maritime page, candidates should expect the course to open with an Introduction to OSHA segment covering worker rights, employer responsibilities, how to file a complaint, and inspection basics, then move into maritime-specific hazard recognition. Topics on this exam: Introduction to OSHA and Maritime Industry Hazards and Standards. The OSHA 10 Maritime study guide has 2 sections and about 804 words.
01Introduction to OSHA
This domain tests the legal framework behind a maritime safety inspection: the Occupational Safety and Health Act, employer duties, worker rights, the maritime standards that apply, and how OSHA reports and cites. Expect questions that distinguish a specific standard from the General Duty Clause and that test reporting clocks. The OSH Act's General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1), requires an employer to furnish a workplace free of recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm. It is used when no specific standard covers the hazard; it does not replace a specific rule.
401 words, about 2 min02Maritime Industry Hazards and Standards
This domain tests hazard recognition and the standard that controls it in shipyards, marine terminals, and longshoring. Questions often describe a task - tank entry, hot work, crane lift, scaffold - and ask for the required control, the responsible person, or the trigger for stopping work. Confined spaces: 29 CFR 1915.12 requires testing before entry and a permit. Oxygen must be at least 19.5% (and not enriched); flammables must be below 10% of the lower flammable limit; toxics must be below exposure limits.
403 words, about 2 min