Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in General Industry (Federal OSHA and Cal/OSHA) Online Training

This online course covers the OSHA and Cal/OSHA personal protective equipment (PPE) rules for general industry (29 CFR 1910.132, 1910.133, 1910.135, 1910.136 and 1910.138, and 8 CCR 3380 to 3385), including who pays for PPE under 1910.132(h) and, in California, Labor Code 2802(a), and is written for workers in factories, plants, shops and other general industry workplaces who wear PPE on the job.

What you learn

• PPE, the hazard assessment and which rules apply
• Training, fit and showing you can use your PPE
• Head protection
• Eye and face protection
• Hand protection
• Foot and body protection
• Limits, care and replacement
• Who pays for PPE: the federal rule
• California only: the training record, who pays and what else California adds
• A final lesson listing what to review with your supervisor at your company

How it works

• You take the course online, at your own pace, on a phone or a computer.
• The final exam opens after at least 60 minutes of active study in the lessons.
• Each topic lesson ends with practice questions that do not count toward your score.
• The final exam has 25 questions drawn at random. You need 80 percent to pass, and you get 3 attempts.
• When you pass, you get a certificate of completion from M Squared Safety Solutions, Inc. The certificate expires 1 year after it is issued.
• This course is also available in Spanish: Equipo de protección personal (EPP) en la industria general (OSHA federal y Cal/OSHA): capacitación en línea.

Questions

Call an M Squared trainer at 949-954-6581, Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM Pacific time. A trainer answers in English and Spanish.

Your employer's part

This online course does not replace the training your employer must give on your own job: site-specific training, and hands-on practice and evaluation where the rule requires them.

What this course does not do

Before you work, your employer must see you show that you understand and can use your PPE (1910.132(f)(2); 8 CCR 3380(f)(5)). This course does not do that step, and it cannot check how your PPE fits you or watch you put it on. It does not replace your employer's written hazard assessment of your workplace (1910.132(d); 8 CCR 3380(f)(1), (2)). In California, your employer must also verify your PPE training in a written record with your name, the training dates and the subject (8 CCR 3380(f)(7)). Respirators, hearing protection and fall protection have their own training rules and their own courses. The course teaches general industry rules. Construction work follows 29 CFR Part 1926, and in California, Section 3380(f) does not apply to work regulated by the Construction Safety Orders, so construction has its own PPE courses. This course covers federal OSHA and Cal/OSHA. If you work in another state with its own OSHA-approved plan, that state may have different or more stringent rules. The course is online only.