Then and Now Prepared by the MIOSHA 40

“Then and Now” Prepared by the MIOSHA 40 th Anniversary Outreach Workgroup 2015

MIOSHA Administration Jon Vogt, Marshall Fiordelius, Jim Barrett, Irv Davis, Gov. Milliken, AJ Pickett, Marve Walker, Al Harvie (front) Barry Brown MIOSHA Begins - 1975 Martha Yoder MIOSHA Safety and Health 2015

Posters for employee safety 2015 Required posters

Appeals 1975 Hearings Officers: Jane Radner and Andre Friedlis Then: Appeals process 1976 Now: Appeals process 2015 Appeals Staff: Front: Connie Prather, Judy Spagnuolo, Marsha Wright Back: Katrina De. Bose, Ken Pung, Dawn Jack

Construction Safety & Health Reducing risk of falls and chemical exposure Then: Swing Stage and Lead Paint Exposure Now: Fall protection and prevention

Construction Safety & Health Working safely on Mackinac Bridge Then: 1959

Construction Safety & Health Then and Now: Improved work platforms

Construction Safety & Health Ventilation and Contaminant Controls

Construction Safety & Health Then: Health Hazards in Construction - Spring 1959 Wet cement burns Now: Personal Protective Equipment

Construction Safety & Health Then: Protecting workers and property WITH asbestos Asbestos cloth barrier Read more: MOH Bulletin Vol 8 No 3 Spring 1963 Asbestos Spray

Construction Safety & Health Now - Protecting workers FROM asbestos www. michigan. gov/asbestos

Consultation Education & Training Outreach Services

Consultation Education & Training First Consultant: Mr. John Ishler CET Consultants Representing General Industry and Construction Health and Safety (2015)

Consultation Education & Training Then and Now: Changes in Technology – from Overhead and Reel-to-Reel to LCD and Power. Point presentations

MIOSHA Training Institute

General Industry Safety & Health Then: Forklift Operation 1966 Powered Industrial Trucks: Permits required.

General Industry Safety & Health Then: Debarking Operation 1968 Now: Guarding for debarking 2015

General Industry Safety & Health Then: Confined Space Entry: 1966 and 1977 Now: Confined Space Entry

Personal Protective Equipment Then: Respiratory Protection: 1958 and 1965 Now: Full face Respirator

General Industry Safety & Health: Employee Discrimination ATTENTION EMPLOYEES The Michigan Whistleblowers' Protection Act (469 P. A. 1980) creates certain protections and obligations for employees and employers under Michigan law. PROTECTIONS: It is illegal for employers in Michigan to discharge, threaten or otherwise discriminate against you regarding your compensation, terms, conditions, location or privileges of employment because you or a person acting on your behalf reports or is about to report a violation or a suspected violation of federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations to a public body. Read full text Employee disciplined due to an “at-fault” injury. Incentive programs that offer significant reward to employees for days without a lost time injury.

General Industry Safety & Health: Employee Discrimination Significant Cases: Year of Judgment City Investigatio n 2004 $300, 000. 00 plus interest is running until paid* Grand Employee fired as a result of verbal complaints to Rapids management about asbestos exposure violations. 2012 $115, 212. 51 + interest of $3, 456. 38 for a total of Detroit $118, 668. 89 paid to complainant. Employee fired due to complaint related to improper Lockout/Tag *Case was appealed. A resolution was reached with the parties in 2009 Out and complainant was paid $277, 000. 00

Technical Services Sections: O Laboratory & Equipment Services O Regulatory Services O Management Information Services O Radiation Safety O Wage and Hour Program

Technical Services: Laboratory & Equipment Services MIOSHA Laboratory 2015 Occupational Health Laboratory 1969

Technical Services: Laboratory & Equipment Services First known carbon monoxide direct-reading instrument developed by Michigan Occupational Health Laboratory. In 1950 s “portable” direct-reading instrument for carbon monoxide weighed 95 lbs. 2015 portable direct-reading instrument weighs < ¼ lb.

Technical Services: Laboratory & Equipment Services Exposure sampling - 1940 s Exposure sampling – 2000 s

Technical Services: Laboratory & Equipment Services Analyzing samples for air contaminants

Technical Services: Laboratory & Equipment Services Then: Noise Sampling - Octave Band Analyzer 1964 Now: Sound Level Meter and Dosimeters

Technical Services: Regulatory Services Then 1975 Occupational Health Standards Index: General Industry and Construction Now: MIOSHA Standards

Technical Services: Management Information Services 1977 Fatalities = 115 2014 Fatalities = 37 1975 - Private Sector 9. 6 - Incidence Rate 3. 6 - Lost Work Day Case Rate 2013 – Private Sector 3. 7 - Incidence Rate 1. 8 - Cases with Days Away from work, job Transfer, or Restriction (DART) 1975 Construction incidence Rate= 14. 7 Dart = 5. 3 2013 Construction incidence Rate= 3. 5 Dart = 1. 9 1975 Manufacturing incidence Rate= 13. 9 Dart = 5. 0 2013 Manufacturing incidence Rate= 5. 3 Dart = 2. 6

Technical Services: Radiation Safety

Technical Services: Radiation Safety Old Condenser R meter circa 1950 New pressurized ion chamber 2015

Technical Services: Radiation Safety Use of scanning in the public Body scanner 2014 Shoe Fluoroscope – 1950 s

Technical Services: Radiation Safety Jim Camburn and radiographic unit circa 1965 Patrick Wright and new unit 2015

Technical Services: Wage and Hour

Serving Michigan employers and employees past, present and future

References Then: Now: 1975 - MIOSHA Begins Spring 1957 - Direct Reading Instrument Winter 1958 - Respiratory Protection Spring 1959 - Construction cement and bridge Spring 1963 - Asbestos Spray Winter 1964 -1965 - CO Direct reading instrument Spring 1965 - Downdraft cutting Spring 1966 - Confined Space Spring 1969 – Michigan Laboratory Winter 1970 - Personal Air Sampling 1976 MIOSHA News - Appeals Aug 1977 - Confined Space michigan. gov/miosha