To support worker safety and health across the state, Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Deputy Director Al Pohl today announced the award of $865,000 in Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) grants to 20 nonprofit organizations.
The Consultation, Education and Training (CET) grants are awarded annually on an open, competitive basis for the development and implementation of safety and health training and services.
“The grants go a long way in supplementing MIOSHA CET activities and ensuring safe, healthful workplaces throughout Michigan,” said Pohl.
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, some of which include: crane rigging and signaling; silica safety; masonry; confined space entry; ergonomics; tree trimming and chainsaw safety; workplace violence prevention; emergency action plans; hazard communication; lockout/tagout; machine guarding; noise exposure; electrical hazard awareness; personal protective equipment; aerial lift rescue; emergency evacuation; safety and health management system; hazard communication; youth safety; and powered industrial trucks.
“It’s a win-win for MIOSHA and our partners in workplace safety and health,” said MIOSHA Director Bart Pickelman. “The grants enable Michigan employer groups, labor organizations and other nonprofits to provide important and innovative safety and health training and services, while strengthening the agency’s collaboration with these groups to better protect Michigan’s working men and women.”
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 2017 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 2017 CET grant projects, visit www.michigan.gov/mioshagrants and click on “FY 2017.”
For more information about MIOSHA, please visit http://www.michigan.gov/miosha.
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