This OSHA 10 cheat sheet distills the 10-Hour Construction Outreach course into a printable rundown of the hazards, trigger numbers, and rules that provider final exams hit hardest. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free OSHA 10 toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
OSHA 10 exam at a glance
- Course: OSHA Outreach 10-hour course — minimum 10 contact hours
- Tracks: Construction (29 CFR 1926) or General Industry (29 CFR 1910)
- Final exam: No OSHA-set score; providers commonly use ~20 questions and ~70% to pass, with limited attempts
- Credential: DOL student course completion card (training, not a certification); no federal expiration
- Cost: Online self-paced courses commonly run about $60-$90; verify with an OSHA-authorized provider
What’s on the OSHA 10 cheat sheet
- Focus Four Hazards (~38%) — falls, struck-by, caught-in/between, and electrocution — the required core block and the most heavily tested.
- Introduction to OSHA (~20%) — the OSH Act, worker rights and employer responsibilities, inspection priorities, citations, and State Plans.
- Elective & Optional Topics (~20%) — lockout/tagout, permit-required confined spaces, fire protection and PASS, machine guarding, and materials handling.
- Personal Protective Equipment (~12%) — the hierarchy of controls, the employer hazard assessment, the PPE payment rule, and matching gear to the hazard.
- Health Hazards & HazCom (~10%) — the Hazard Communication Standard, GHS labels and pictograms, the 16-section Safety Data Sheet, and the right to know.
How to use it in your final week
- Burn in the fall-protection triggers first — 6 feet in construction (1926.501) versus 4 feet in general industry (1910.28). A single blanket height is the classic trick-question wrong answer.
- Lock down the Focus Four — falls, struck-by, caught-in/between, and electrocution — and remember falls lead the list. These four drive most construction deaths and most exam questions.
- Recite the hierarchy of controls top to bottom (elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, PPE) so you never call PPE the first line of defense.
- Read the sheet once the morning of your final for the memory hooks — PASS for extinguishers, the 16-section SDS, 8 GHS pictograms, and the 5,000 lb anchorage rating — then take one short timed practice set to stay sharp.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your OSHA 10 practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
OSHA 10 cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the OSHA 10 cheat sheet is 100% free to download as a PDF, with no sign-up required. It sits alongside Career Employer's free OSHA 10 practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so you can cram the facts and then prove you know them.
It condenses the highest-yield OSHA 10 facts into a fast reference: the Focus Four hazards, fall-protection triggers (6 ft construction vs 4 ft general industry), the hierarchy of controls, PPE rules, and HazCom labels and Safety Data Sheets — organized around the Construction Outreach required and elective topics.
OSHA itself sets no passing score, because testing is not an Outreach requirement. In practice most online providers add a final exam of roughly 20 questions and require about 70% to pass, with a limited number of attempts — so the cheat sheet targets the facts those provider finals test most.
No — you still have to complete the full 10 contact hours to earn your DOL completion card, and attendance matters as much as any quiz. Use the cheat sheet to lock in trigger numbers and hazard rules, then run the practice test to confirm you are ready for the module quizzes and final.
Click the download button or the preview card at the top of this page to open the PDF instantly — no account, no email. Bookmark the page so you can pull it up the morning of your final exam for a last-minute review.
References
- 1.Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Outreach Training Program.” OSHA.gov, 2026. ↑
- 2.Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Construction Focus Four Hazards.” OSHA.gov, 2026. ↑
- 3.U.S. Government (eCFR). “29 CFR 1926.501 — Duty to Have Fall Protection.” eCFR.gov, 2026. ↑
- 4.U.S. Government (eCFR). “29 CFR 1910.1200 — Hazard Communication.” eCFR.gov, 2026. ↑
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