The MIHS Annual Mini-Conference was held on October 26, 2005 at the Michigan
State University's Management Education Center in Troy, Michigan. The topic was
Confined Space. Attendees could earn up to 1.0 ABIH CIH CM Point (ABIH
Approval #05-2316; Rubric/Point Area = IH).

There were three presentations. Mr. Tom Anglin, from Confined Space Services -
Inland Water Pollution Control Inc. focused on the standard and application. Mr.
Matt Macomber, from Michigan OSHA, gave an enthusiastic presentation of the
importance of the standard, including examples of CS injuries and deaths, and also
provided an insight from the enforcement side. Mr. Tim Kearney, from the Argus
Group, brought and demonstrated several CS monitoring instruments. He gave a
detailed technical review of the instruments, including the best ones to use in
certain environments. He also described the advantages, limitations, use, care and
maintenance of each instrument.

The meeting was very interesting and well attended. There were 52 attendees.
Overall, the program was well received. Please refer to the survey results
presented here. (Thank you Tracy Parsons, CIH, MIHS Board, for providing this.)