March 25, 2002—The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) has formed a partnership between the United Auto Workers Union (UAW), Ford Motor Company, and Visteon Corporation to improve worker safety at Ford and Visteon facilities in Michigan.
The partnership’s primary goals are to reduce injuries and illnesses at each location and to foster a safety and health culture that stresses cooperation.
Each Ford and Visteon location covered under the agreement will conduct an annual MIOSHA Day, when MIOSHA representatives will meet with the plant manager, union chairperson, and leadership team to review injury and illness reports, an overview of safety and health progress, and an informal walkthrough of the facility. Sharing safety and health information between all partners will be a key component of the agreement, and will help identify emerging issues in the automotive industry.
The MIOSHA program is one of 23 OSHA State Plans—job safety and health programs that are operated by individual states and require standards and programs that are “at least as effective” as the federal OSHA programs. From time to time, representatives from OSHA may participate in the MIOSHA meetings to help assure consistency with the UAW/Ford/Visteon federal OSHA partnership.
For more information, contact the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services at 517/373-9280.
