By: Ruth Kiefer, MSc, ARM, Loss Control Manager
Well, it’s that time of year again when MiOSHA released their top violations for general industry at the Michigan Safety Conference. This is also where we, as loss control consultants, focus our attention when we conduct our site safety surveys at your facilities. This year they broke down the top violations into both Heath Violations and Safety Violations, we will start with the Health Violations, which you may be less familiar with. If you are unsure if you have a health violation, you may ask your loss control consultant for more guidance on any of these violations noted below.
Listed below are the 2014 most recent general industry health violations cited by MiOSHA:
1. Part 602 – Asbestos Standards for Construction – 622 Citations Issued
- Not having an exposure assessment before starting renovation projects at your facility. Any building built before 1971 must have an asbestoses survey completed.
- Not having proper engineering controls and work practices when renovating.