General Industry Safety (OSHA CFR 1910)
Manufacturing, warehouses, existing buildings, and renovations operate under a different rulebook than construction. OSHA 29 CFR 1910 governs your site, and its requirements go deeper than most operators realize.
Most safety professionals are trained and certified in OSHA 29 CFR 1926 — the construction standard. But once a building is occupied and operations begin, the regulatory framework shifts entirely to OSHA 29 CFR 1910, the general industry standard. Renovation, remodel, and upgrade projects in occupied facilities, modernization of existing manufacturing operations, and new manufacturing or warehouse facilities being brought online all fall under 1910 requirements that are distinct from, and in many cases more stringent than, construction safety standards.
The general industry standard covers processes and hazards that construction programs simply don't address: machine guarding (1910.212), lockout/tagout for complex multi-energy equipment (1910.147), process safety management for facilities with threshold quantities of highly hazardous chemicals (1910.119), walking and working surface requirements for elevated platforms and mezzanines, and powered industrial truck safety programs. For Austin's rapidly expanding manufacturing and warehouse sector, the ability to operate under 1910 correctly from day one is the difference between a clean inspection and a multi-citation event.
Greenberg Safety holds OSHA Authorized Trainer credentials for both 29 CFR 1910 (General Industry) and 29 CFR 1926 (Construction). We build general industry safety programs from the ground up, conduct OSHA 1910 compliance audits on existing operations, develop machine guarding assessments, and write lockout/tagout procedures for specific equipment. For companies transitioning from construction-phase to operational compliance, we provide the bridge program that closes the regulatory gap as your project moves toward startup.