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Does your workplace know how to recognize workplace hazards? Does your team want to improve its safety and health program? Get the help you need without any citations or fines this August.
Upon request, MIOSHA compliance and consultation staff will visit Michigan worksites August 8-12, to help employers proactively identify and address workplace hazards. You’ll get free, one-on-one consultations that will help you bolster worker protections without being cited or penalized. All you have to do is agree to correct any serious conditions.
Small employers and newcomers are especially encouraged to take advantage of this free service to enhance their occupational safety and health. Secure your spot by July 21 to participate.
Can't join us next month? No problem. MIOSHA’s Consultation Education and Training Division offers free safety and health assistance year-round. Learn more at michigan.gov/cet.
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In April 2022, federal OSHA introduced a National Emphasis Program (NEP) focused on heat hazards. Under the NEP, the agency will conduct proactive inspections for heat-related hazards, in both indoor and outdoor work environments.
MIOSHA is adopting OSHA’s NEP as a State Emphasis Program (SEP) to identify and eliminate or reduce exposures to heat-related hazards through inspection targeting, outreach and compliance assistance.
As part of the SEP, MIOSHA has developed a sample heat illness prevention plan that employers can use as a template to establish their own heat illness prevention procedures and reduce the risk of work-related heat illness among their employees. This plan and other resources will be shared with Michigan employers and workers in the coming months as we continue the extensive outreach effort to raise awareness of heat-related hazards and protect workers.
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 MIOSHA Director Bart Pickelman with ABC Michigan Chapter Presidents Keight Ledbetter, Angela Madarang and Norm Brady
MIOSHA and the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Michigan recently renewed their long-standing alliance in May, with a celebratory signing ceremony in late June.
The agency and association first formed a formal alliance in 2009 to foster safer, more healthful workplaces. In 2014, the agreement was expanded to include all ABC of Michigan Chapters. Since then, they have collaborated to promote on-the-job safety and health to ABC of Michigan members and connect the industry to MIOSHA services and resources, reaching roughly 20,000 members of Michigan's workforce.
As part of the renewed alliance, ABC of Michigan will help share construction-related information on federal OSHA's national emphasis programs and MIOSHA's state emphasis programs and standards, hold events to prevent falls in construction, participate in roundtable discussions and stakeholder meetings and more.
The MIOSHA Alliance Program is open to all groups, including trade or professional organizations, government agencies, businesses, labor organizations and educational institutions. With a three-year written agreement with MIOSHA, your organization can formalize the opportunity to collaborate on outreach and education and lead Michigan’s employers and employees in advancing workplace safety and health.
Build a trusting, cooperative relationship with us, network with like-minded safety professionals and leverage resources to maximize workplace safety and health today. Learn more.
Each year during the Independence Day holiday weekend, the Clare Rest Area sees its highest number of visitors. That's why the Michigan Department of Transportation and MIOSHA collaborated to bring the National Work Zone Memorial to Michigan — to honor workers who have lost their lives on roadways and remind everyone about the importance of work zone safety.
The National Work Zone Memorial was on display at the Clare Rest Area through July 5, where MIOSHA Consultation Education and Training Division staff made themselves available to visitors to answer questions and provide information on work zone safety and other MIOSHA services.
As you drive through work zones this summer, please remember that the roadway is a workplace for some people. Our mutual goal must be that every employee goes home at the end of every shift.
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MIOSHA’s Occupational Health Laboratory (OHL) provides critical analytical services, validated sampling methods and sampling media to the agency to help support workplace safety and health. Validated analyses include industrial hygiene samples, indoor air quality and bulk and airborne asbestos samples.
The OHL has maintained accreditation by the American Industrial Hygiene Association, Laboratory Accreditation Program, LLC (AIHA LAP, LLC) for analysis of industrial hygiene samples since 1978. As part of the accreditation process, the lab must adhere to rigorous and comprehensive standards while undergoing assessments in several key areas. Reaccreditation is applied for every two years and as part of the reaccreditation process, an AIHA LAP, LLC site assessor visits the laboratory.
The OHL’s latest site visit took place in May. During this time, the site assessor reviewed the lab’s policies, procedures and documentation, where they spent several hours reviewing sample reports and controlled documents and spoke with each analyst individually to observe and review their work. At the end of the visit, they presented the OHL with a list of non-conformities to be corrected and suggestions. We are pleased to report that the OHL has responded to the non-conformities to the site assessor’s satisfaction. AIHA LAP LLC’s Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) will now review all documentation and upon their approval will forward to the AIHA LAP, LLC Analytical Accreditation Board (AAB) for reaccreditation approval.
Along with reaccreditation, the OHL has also requested silica analysis to be added to their fields of testing. The TAP and AAB will review this request at the same time as the application for reaccreditation.
To date, there have been 19 work-related fatalities reported to MIOSHA in 2022. The information below shares preliminary details about the most recent fatalities reported to MIOSHA, which are believed to be covered by the MIOSH Act. The descriptions reflect information provided to MIOSHA at the initial report of the incidents and are not the result of the official MIOSHA investigations.
Preliminary summaries of the most recent 2022 incidents:
A 29-year-old steel laborer was operating an extendable boom forklift to pick up pre-insulated metal panels when he leaned through the cab and was crushed by the lift boom.
A 61-year-old loader operator had a hydraulic line break. As he attempted to replace the hydraulic line, he loosened the wrong line and the load came down on him, crushing him against the axle.
A 35-year-old laborer was struck by a dozer that was backing up.
A 57-year-old truck driver was delivering trusses to a jobsite. While the employee was unloading the trusses, the trusses fell off the truck onto him, and he passed away on the scene.
A 51-year-old corrections officer felt ill and did not report to work. He tested positive for COVID-19 and later passed away.
A 61-year-old construction foreman was performing framing activities and fell from the third story of a residential construction project. He was not wearing fall protection.
A 61-year-old tree trimmer was aloft in a tree, using a chainsaw to trim branches, when he fell approximately 50 feet.
A 68-year-old electrician was performing electrical activities when he fell off a ladder.
A 45-year-old corrections officer fell ill and did not report to work. He tested positive for COVID-19 and later passed away.
A 24-year-old head milker was working in the yard when another employee operating a loader ran over him.
A 56-year-old supervisor tested positive for COVID-19 and did not return to work. She later went to the hospital, was released and passed away.
A 77-year-old direct service professional tested positive for COVID-19 and did not return to work. She was admitted to the hospital for COVID-19, was put on a ventilator and later, passed away.
A 59-year-old owner and 68-year-old laborer were placing underground drainage tiles for a pole building project. The property owner discovered the excavation had collapsed and called 911. Authorities later recovered two bodies.
A 65-year-old flagman was standing adjacent to the racetrack at the pit entrance when a race car lost control and fatally struck him.
A 34-year-old roofer was using a ladder to install a metal roof when he fell approximately 10 feet and struck a metal trash bin.
A 48-year-old maintenance worker was taking down a section of air ducts and using a powered industrial truck to help support and lower the duct system when the weight of the ducts caused the truck to tip over, crushing him.
A 49-year-old laborer was removing trash through a second story window into a wood box on the forks of a rough terrain fork truck when they exited the window into the box. Both the employee and the box fell approximately 16 feet.
A 57-year-old maintenance technician was installing components for a new conveyor system with two other employees when the conveyor components toppled from a forklift and landed on the victim.
Every life is precious. Our mutual goal must be that every employee goes home at the end of every shift unharmed.
If you need help or assistance in ensuring your workplace is safe, MIOSHA is here to assist you. The Consultation Education and Training (CET) Division provides workplace safety and health training and consultations to employers and employees throughout Michigan, free of charge. Contact CET today at 800-866-4674 or request CET services online.
Variances from MIOSHA standards must be made available to the public in accordance with Part 12, Variances (R408.22201 to 408.22251). MIOSHA variances are published online at michigan.gov/mioshavariances.
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