Training Perspectives in the United States More than 100 OSHA standards for controlling workplace hazards
contain requirements for worker training to reduce risk factors for injury and disease. Other standards limit certain
jobs to workers considered competent by virtue of special training. However, the documented outcomes of
occupational safety and health training are varied and inconclusive. Moreover, the newly proposed OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Program Rule redirect compliance audits to training outcomes and impacts (in the
past, such audits focused on hours of training delivered). Given this shift in priority, research will be needed to