2025 Classes

In today’s work environment, ladders remain a common, yet overlooked, source of serious injury and even fatality.  This presentation explores the critical need to re-evaluate and redesign ladder systems to meet modern safety standards in response to MIOSHA regulations.

Safety culture plays a critical role in determining the safety performance of an organization.  By fostering a positive safety culture, organizations can reduce accidents, enhance productivity, and improve their overall reputation.  This session explores the actions an organization is taking to improve their safety culture.  A case study will be shared.

While traditional approaches to managing heat stress have often been reactive or based on work-rest schedules, this session describes the pivotal role of new and evolving technologies in transforming these practices.  By leveraging the power of real-time monitoring and data analytics, organizations can now proactively assess and respond to employees’ current health status, leading to more effective heat stress management strategies.  Attendees will learn about heat stress regulations, program components, and gain insights on how to keep employees safe when working in hot environments.

This presentation will provide an update on OSHA’s enforcement activities including new and proposed rules, including OSHA’s new Worker Walkaround Rule, as well as recent enforcement trends from OSHA and how these trends are impacting regulatory activities by MIOSHA.

Safety professionals representing the four generations currently working in our profession will share their truths, opinions, and life lessons as part of this fun and spirited discussion.  Questions from the audience will help guide the discussion, ensuring each panelist can speak from their individual expertise while also offering insight into how best to engage a multi-generational workforce.

Do you know that the OSHA definition of a near-miss is a subtle barrier to near-miss reporting? Do you know the term “near-miss” itself or its synonyms such as “near-hit”, “close call” etc. are also hidden barriers to near-miss reporting? Did you know that an effective near miss program does more for an organization’s safety culture than most trainings, written programs, and other administrative controls? Come and learn about the practical ways, techniques and tactics that were used to transform an underperforming near-miss program at one unionized manufacturing plant. Discuss how a lackluster near-miss program that was deservedly nicknamed by workers the “missing program” was transformed into a powerful tool that drove incidents and injuries down, engagement up, and culture forward.

What is ESG?  How do safety professionals fit with ESG programs?  Come learn the basics of ESG and the role safety professionals play.

This session will cover traffic laws and workplace safety.

Everyone deserves the right to feel safe in the workplace. With new and emerging threats continuing to appear, staying on top of safety plans, policies and trainings is more critical than ever.