Michigan OSHA Credentials Get College Credit

Credentials earned by safety professionals from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration can now be applied an occupational safety and health degree from the state’s Grand Valley State University (GVSU).
This ensures that prior knowledge and experience are recognized for the academic degree.
Anyone holding a MIOSHA Training Institute Level 2 Safety and Health Management Systems certificate can now earn college credits toward a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Health Management at GVSU.
The accelerated degree program will launch during GVSU’s Winter Semester, beginning in January 2025.
Since 2022, 13 students have participated in a similar program between MIOSHA and Oakland University.
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Azteca Enterprises, the general contractor for Texas’s new Dallas County emergency operations center, has signed a strategic partnership with the OSHA Dallas Area Office to protect project construction workers.
The GC on the $40 million project will work to prevent work-related fatalities and injuries by “establishing a foundation of proactive measures,” according to an agency statement.
“For this project, at least 50% of the contractors will be small, minority owned businesses. The safety training and mentoring outlined in the partnership gives those subcontractors and workers the resources they need to be better, more successful, and safer on their next job or project,” said Eduardo Jimenez, an OSHA compliance assistance specialist in the Dallas area office.
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Michigan auto supplier Huron Inc. is facing a fine of $10,300 after it didn’t adequately address Legionnaires’ cases four years ago and the bacteria grew again – killing one worker and sickening two others in 2023, according to the Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Administration.
This was one of 36 workplace fatalities MIOSHA investigated last year, but the only one involving Legionnaires’ disease.
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