2020 Excavation Stand-Down Week June 15-19

MITA encourages you to participate in this year’s fourth annual Trench Safety Stand-Down (TSSD) which will be held the week of June 15-19, 2020. The goal is to reach out to as many employees who work in and around trenches and excavations and to provide them with...

Spike in Damages!

40%, that’s the increase of damages to utilities in the last three weeks! MITA and its sister organization MISS DIG worked together on the attached document to help mitigate this problem. There are numerous reasons to dig safely the first being the threat to...

UPDATED Safety & Health Field Book

The UPDATED Safety & Health Field Book is here! The first item a MIOSHA Safety Officer generally asks for during an inspection is a copy of your company’s safety and health program. When’s the last time you updated yours? Does it encompass the new confined space...

Safety Directors ZOOM Roundtable

To: MITA Safety Directors Group From: Greg Brooks, Director of Safety & Compliance Date: June 2, 2020 RE: Safety Directors ZOOM Roundtable The Safety Directors roundtable originally scheduled on April 30, 2020, has been rescheduled as a ZOOM webinar for June 23,...

Stop Use – Immediate Action Required

MITA has received notice that 3M Fall Protection issued a “Stop Use – Immediate Action Required” letter surrounding the use of the DBI-SALA® Delta™ & Exofit XP™ Arc Flash Harnesses. Please read the information contained in the link provided and...