Resources at Your Fingertips: MIOSHA CET Grants
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan, Center for Ergonomics has been awarded MIOSHA Consultation, Education and Training (CET) grants for the last three years, providing employers with information and procedures necessary to identify and control prominent ergonomic workplace risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders. To date, the center has provided 20 trainings and nearly 1,000 hours of technical assistance, including onsite facility walkthroughs with recommendations for workplace changes, ergonomics job analyses, and the development of ergonomic programs. The job analysis examples are then used during ergonomic training seminars.
Center for Workplace Violence Prevention
To help Michigan employers reduce their vulnerability to assault and develop strategies to prevent workplace violence, the Center for Workplace Violence Prevention emphasizes specific survival skills and protocols in trainings throughout Michigan. Over the last three years, the Center has provided 70 trainings to manufacturers and some of Michigan’s leading businesses. More than 6,200 employees have been trained in such necessary topics as developing a comprehensive workplace violence prevention program, verbal de-escalation skills during aggressive encounters, active intruder/shooter incidents, and situational awareness and personal safety.
Alpena Community College
Alpena Community College has provided almost 30 safety trainings to 350 members of Northern Michigan’s wood-producing manufacturers since 2014. With several lumber mills and companies whose operations pose unique hazards — combustible dust, asbestos, ergonomics in repetitive motion, confined spaces, and housekeeping issues — proper safety and health procedures are essential. Manufacturers can also be trained in the areas of hazard assessment, hearing protection, crane hoist and rigging, and hazard placarding.
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MIOSHA’s CET grants are awarded annually to eligible non-profit organizations for the development and implementation of safety and health training and services. They provide employers and employees – especially small and medium sized companies – with additional options for safety and health education and training. MIOSHA grants focus on the performance goals identified in the MIOSHA Strategic Plan, with a special emphasis on hazard recognition and prevention for high hazard industries.
To take advantage of these training and education services, contact:
- University of Michigan – Sheryl Ulin, 734-763-0133 or sherylul@umich.edu
- Center for Workplace Violence Prevention, Inc. - Marilyn Knight, 248-974-6870 or MKnightmsw@aol.com
- Alpena Community College - James Makowske, 989-358-7301 or at makowskj@alpenacc.edu
To view the full list of the FY 2017 CET grant projects, click here.