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OSHA 30 General Industry Practice Test

Forty-two questions at OSHA 30 depth on the general industry standards, with every answer traced to the paragraph of 29 CFR 1910 or 29 CFR part 1904 it comes from. It goes past the awareness level on purpose: the annual periodic inspection of an energy control procedure rather than "what is lockout", the audiometric testing schedule rather than the 85-decibel trigger, the 30-year retention of exposure records, the 60-day inspection interval for power transmission equipment. Nothing here repeats a question from our OSHA 10 general industry test. This is a study aid: OSHA 30 Outreach Training itself is delivered only by OSHA-authorized trainers, and nothing on this page is part of it.

42 questions about 35 min

Not OSHA-authorized training. SteelToeTools is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by OSHA or the U.S. Department of Labor. This free educational content does not satisfy any OSHA or other regulatory training requirement, and no card, certificate, or credential is issued. Only OSHA-authorized trainers can deliver OSHA Outreach Training (10-Hour and 30-Hour) and issue DOL cards. Always follow your employer's training program and applicable federal, state, and local requirements.

Frequently asked questions

No. There is no official OSHA 30 exam published by OSHA, and this test is not affiliated with OSHA or the U.S. Department of Labor. OSHA 30-Hour Outreach Training is delivered only by OSHA-authorized trainers and by authorized online providers, and the Department of Labor card comes from them.

No. Nothing is issued for taking this test — no card, no certificate, no credential, and no record that any employer or inspector would accept. Only OSHA-authorized trainers can deliver OSHA Outreach Training and issue DOL cards.

It is deliberately deeper and it shares no questions. Where the OSHA 10 test asks the trigger — 85 decibels, 4 feet, the written program — this one asks the paragraph a supervisor gets audited on: the annual periodic inspection of the energy control procedure by an authorized employee who does not use it, the six-month deadline for the baseline audiogram, the 180-day cap on counting days away, the 30-year retention of exposure records.

No. Every question is answered from 29 CFR 1910 or 29 CFR part 1904. Construction has its own test on this site, and the two standards genuinely differ — the fall protection trigger, the guardrail heights and the PPE payment rules are not the same, and mixing them is the most common way people get these questions wrong.

Yes. Subpart Z is a real part of the 30-hour syllabus and a real part of a safety manager's job, so silica, asbestos, lead, bloodborne pathogens, hazard communication and access to exposure and medical records all appear, with the exposure limits and the retention periods quoted from the standard.

About 35 minutes at a working pace. The value is in reading the explanations for the ones you miss — each names its paragraph so you can go read the source rather than memorise an answer.

No. Every question is answered under federal OSHA. A State Plan may be more stringent — California, Washington and Oregon in particular — so check your own state's rule before applying anything here at work.

No. Training duties in general industry are written into the individual standards — 1910.147(c)(7) for lockout, 1910.134(k) for respirators, 1910.1200(h) for hazard communication, 1910.30 for fall hazards — and every one of them is the employer's to deliver. A quiz shows you where your knowledge is thin; it discharges nobody's duty.

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Content checked against these sources — last reviewed September 9, 2026.

By — Editorial team of SteelToeTools.com (published by LSEA SAS) Updated