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Th The e Be Begi ginning nning

Spring of 2011 The Workplace Safety ARC (ARC) was created by the Office of Regulatory Reinvention (ORR) in accordance with Executive Order 2011‐5.

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Pu Purpose rpose

The purpose of the ARC was to evaluate and make recommendations for changes to Michigan’s workplace safety regulations, including existing administrative rules, non‐rule regulatory actions, regulatory processes, and as necessary, statutes.

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• 1. Health or safety benefits of the rules.
• 2. Whether the rules are mandated by any

applicable constitutional or statutory provision.

• 3. The cost of compliance with the rules,

taking into account their complexity, reporting requirements and other factors.

• 4. The extent to which the rules conflict with
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adopted by the state or federal government.

Sev even en Fa Factors tors

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• 5. Extent to which the regulations exceed

national or regional compliance requirements or other standards.

• 6. Date of last evaluation of the rules and the

degree, if any, to which technology, economic conditions or other factors have changed regulatory activity covered by the rules since the last evaluation.

• 7. Other changes or developments since

implementation that demonstrate there is no continued need for the rules.

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Timel Timeline ine

• June 20, 2011 – first meeting.
• November 29, 2011 – final meeting
• 12 meetings held
• January 27, 2012 – final report issued

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Fi Findings ndings

9 Recommendations

• 1. Eliminate Construction Safety, General

Industry Safety, and Occupational Health Safety Standards Commissions.

• 2. Clear and convincing need for exceeding

federal standards.

• 3. Facilitate OSHA Standards Improvement

Project.

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Fi Findings ndings

9 Recommendations

• 4. Requirements for qualifications, training

and permits should be revised to “performance based” requirements.

• 5. Confined spaces in Agriculture.
• 6. Pursue a review of state rules, once the

federal government has completed its review.

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Fi Findings ndings

9 Recommendations

• 7. Retract currently proposed rules which

exceed Federal requirements.

• 8. Several current rules formally adopted into

the Michigan Administrative Code.

• 9. Combine current diving standards into one

standard – not to exceed Federal standard.

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Fi Findings ndings

Construction

• 22 Construction Safety standards were

affected.

• 2,238 individual rules, or paragraphs

within a rule, were affected.

• 693 individual rules, or paragraphs

within a rule, were eliminated.

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Fi Findings ndings

General Industry

• 46 General Industry standards were

affected.

• 4,051 individual rules, or paragraphs

within a rule, were affected.

• 168 individual rules, or paragraphs

within a rule, were eliminated.

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Fi Findings ndings

Occupational Health

• 39 Occupational Health standards

were affected.

• 498 individual rules, or paragraphs

within a rule, were affected.

• 166 individual rules, or paragraphs

within a rule, were eliminated.

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Si Significant gnificant Ch Chan anges ges

• Elimination of all three Commissions
• Clear and Convincing need
• Rule numbering

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OR ORR R Fi Final nal Re Repo port rt

Available for viewing at MIOSHA Standards Web Page

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MIOSHA main web page

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Qu Questions? estions? Co Comments? ments?

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