Spring Safety Directors Meeting

The Spring Safety Directors Meeting has been finalized. The meeting will be held in Grand Rapids, in conjunction with the Michigan Safety Conference to allow our safety directors to attend both. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, at 9 a.m., April 16, 2024, at the...

Updated 2024 Trench Safety Books

MIOSHA reviewed its Excavating and Trenching standard, Part 9. Some changes were made to the rules that may impact how excavators dig. MITA has reviewed and updated our Trench Safety handbook to reflect these changes. The price for the newly updated book is $5.00...

MIOSHA releases new Excavation, Trenching, and Shoring Standards

After several months of review on the state and federal levels, MIOSHA has released the new Part 9 standard, Excavation, Trenching, and Shoring. There are several changes that contractors should be aware of, most notably: •Protective systems for use in excavations of...

Timeliness is important! MIOSHA Deadlines for Appeals Tightens

MIOSHA used to provide a grace period now and then when it came to initiating an appeal of issued citations. This will no longer be the case. When you receive the citation, the deadline to submit an appeal is 15 working days after receiving the Citation and...

MISS DIG POLYGON ISSUES

We have been in communication with the Michigan Damage Prevention Board. The MDPB was instrumental in the polygon size restrictions that were put into place in the spring of 2023. We are aiming to get them to recommend to the MISS DIG Board of Directors to increase or...