Tag: MIOSHA

MIOSHA Alliance Addresses Airborne Contaminants

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Feb 25, 2022 EHS Administration

Updated: Feb 25, 2022

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) formed an alliance with the Michigan Industrial Ventilation Conference (MIVC) to help prevent and reduce airborne contaminants through industrial ventilation. The partners will raise awareness of MIOSHA’s rulemaking and enforcement initiatives pertaining to airborne contaminants, along with bolstering education, outreach, and training to protect Michigan workers across a wide range of industries. “MIOSHA is pleased […]

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Michigan Revises COVID-19 Emergency Rules, Withdraws Permanent Rulemaking

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor May 28, 2021 COVID-19

Updated: May 28, 2021

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) announced updates to the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (MIOSHA) COVID-19 emergency rules, reflecting new public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health officials. MIOSHA announced its draft permanent rules have been withdrawn, and a public hearing on the permanent rules has […]

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Michigan’s COVID-19 ETS Extended to October

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Apr 21, 2021 COVID-19

Updated: Apr 21, 2021

While the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has yet to issue a federal emergency temporary standard (ETS) for workplace COVID-19 exposures, Michigan has extended its COVID-19 ETS through the fall. The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) announced the extension of Michigan’s emergency COVID-19 rules through October 14.

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MIOSHA Begins Rulemaking for Permanent COVID-19 Standard

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Mar 26, 2021 COVID-19

Updated: Mar 26, 2021

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) began a rulemaking to establish a permanent COVID-19 standard. MIOSHA submitted a Request for Rulemaking to the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules, initiating the process of formal rulemaking to extend the requirements of the agency’s COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS).

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MIOSHA COVID-19 Enforcement Continues in Michigan

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Mar 2, 2021 COVID-19

Updated: Mar 2, 2021

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) announced it had cited several more employers for failing to protect employees from COVID-19. Michigan was one of a handful of states that established emergency temporary standards (ETSs) last fall for workplace COVID-19 exposures.

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Michigan Continues to Cite Employers for COVID-19 Violations

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Jan 28, 2021 COVID-19

Updated: Jan 28, 2021

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) announced citations of 10 additional employers for violations related to workplace COVID-19 exposures. The state agency cited seven employers for violations of its emergency temporary COVID-19 rules and three employers under the General Duty Clause.

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A New Round of COVID-19 Citations in Michigan

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Jan 18, 2021 COVID-19

Updated: Jan 18, 2021

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) inspected and issued citations at several more workplaces for violations of the General Duty Clause and the state’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 exposures.

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Michigan OSHA Hands Out Citations for COVID-19 Violations

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Sep 28, 2020 COVID-19

Updated: Sep 28, 2020

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) cited 19 different businesses with serious “general duty” violations for failing to implement safety and health workplace guidelines, exposing employees to hazards of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by infection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.