OSHA Standard 1910

OSHA Standard 1910

From Human Factors Minute by Human Factors Cast

April 20, 2026 · 1 min · Episode 123

About this episode

This episode discusses OSHA Standard 1910 and its impact on workplace safety through human factors and ergonomics.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration protects millions of workers through a labor code of federal regulations. OSHA 1910 ensures the adoption and extension of legal standards, creating general workplace safety requirements that apply to all industries. OSHA 1910 establishes compliance duties, air contaminant provisions, rules for walking and working surfaces, hazardous materials, personal protective equipment, first aid, emergency planning, and fire protection. Combined, these measures can increase workplace safety with dramatic effect. Since its implementation, OSHA has reduced workplace injuries and deaths by 50%. Human factors and ergonomics are at the heart of these life saving safety regulations. For instance they play a key role in a company’s policies, programs, and procedures, along with the physical design of the workplace environments. Additionally, Human Factors plays an important part in establishing training programs for worker competency and skill. Ergonomics can also contribute to the processes and procedures used to evaluate work practices that may cause long-term harm to a worker’s body. To discover more ways that human factors and ergonomics shape…

People in this episode

Host: Human Factors Cast

Topics covered

  • workplace safety
  • human factors
  • ergonomics
  • OSHA regulations
  • compliance
  • safety training

Keywords

  • OSHA
  • workplace safety
  • human factors
  • ergonomics
  • safety regulations
  • compliance
  • training programs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA

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