Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Deputy Director Wanda Stokes today announced the award of $867,000 in Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) grants to support worker safety and health across the state.
The Consultation, Education and Training (CET) grants were awarded to 21 nonprofit organizations on an open, competitive basis.
“Every dollar that goes toward improving workplace safety and health counts, so it’s great to make that investment a reality for more of Michigan’s working men and women,” said Stokes.
The MIOSHA CET Grant Program provides additional options for safety and health education and training to employers and employees. Most of the grants focus on the performance goals identified in the MIOSHA Strategic Plan, with a particular emphasis on hazard recognition and prevention for high hazard industries.
The CET Grant Program is designed to:
· Increase the number of employers and employees receiving occupational safety and health education, training and prevention services, especially employers with less than 100 employees.
· Encourage the development of new strategies for providing occupational safety and health education, training and prevention services.
· Encourage new providers of occupational safety and health education, training and prevention services for Michigan businesses.
· Evaluate the effectiveness of those alternative strategies and providers.
The awarded projects include a wide range of training activities and proficiency levels, with many offering interactive, computer-based training modules and applications.
Training topics include: agricultural machine rescue operations; workplace violence prevention; healthcare and long-term care hazards; tree trimming and landscaping hazard awareness, ergonomics; youth safety; fall protection; trenching and excavation; dairy and swine agriculture; and construction site walkthroughs.
“The health and safety of Michigan workers is the agency’s number one priority,” said MIOSHA Director Martha Yoder. “Through close collaboration and investments like this, we can provide employers and workers with the tools necessary to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses.”
Grant recipients are required to demonstrate how their efforts will meet specific objectives, and must file quarterly activity and financial reports with MIOSHA to ensure compliance with CET grant reporting requirements. MIOSHA representatives monitor the grant programs and observe each programs’ operations on-site.
The CET grants have a strong track record of increasing safety awareness in the workplace. The FY 2016 grants continue MIOSHA’s commitment to greater training on safety practices and fewer workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities on the job.
To view the list of the FY 2016 CET grant projects, visit www.michigan.gov/mioshagrants and click on “FY 2016.”
For more information about MIOSHA, please visit http://www.michigan.gov/miosha
Source: LARA
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