Getting My OSHA 10

I recently completed my OSHA 10 certification.

I didn’t do it because it was flashy, and I didn’t do it to pad a résumé. I did it because a lot of the things I build and work on sit right at the intersection of hands-on work, tools, and real risk and ignoring safety fundamentals is how people get hurt or projects get shut down.

The course itself was straightforward but valuable. It covered hazard recognition, job site awareness, and the kinds of mistakes that don’t seem serious until they compound. A lot of it isn’t complicated it’s about consistency, situational awareness, and respecting systems instead of fighting them.

What I appreciated most was that OSHA 10 isn’t about bureaucracy for its own sake. It’s about creating a baseline where people understand:

• what can go wrong,
• why it goes wrong,
• and how to avoid preventable failures.

That mindset translates well beyond construction sites. Whether I’m working on physical builds, infrastructure, or long-term projects, the same principle applies: design systems so they fail safely, or don’t fail at all.

This isn’t the last certification I’ll get, and it’s not the most impressive one either. But it’s a solid foundation and foundations matter.