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May2024
Head injury claims are 40% more expensive than injuries involving other body parts, are 3 times more likely to result in a fatality than other types of injuries, and serious head injury incidents adversely affect the employee and their family potentially forever.
A vital Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) that helps employees arrive home safely to their loved ones is head protection. Signal and HexAmor/Red Wing have partnered to offer a helmet-style hardhat at an incredible price ($30) that provides excellent protection and styles that employees will accept and wear more effectively, especially since it has an integrated chinstrap. See all the details and contact information in the attached flyer!
Other News Stories
SMIA Safety Committee Meeting: June 2024 11 Jun 2024 The Signal Mutual Indemnity Association (SMIA) Safety Committee Meetings is a two-day event held three times a year across the continental US.New Focus on Safety: Workplace Distractions, Slip, Trip & Fall, Stand-Down 03 May 2024 The SMIA Safety Committee and Signal Safety Team have created a library of topics for Safety Meetings, or Toolbox Talks called Focus on Safety
New Solutions at Work: 03 May 2024 What is it? Solutions-at-Work or “SAW” are individual ideas where a Member of the Mutual looked at an existing hazard and, through their employee’s years of experience, knowledge, or creativity, developed a Solution to the problem that eliminated or reduced the hazard to employees and the chance of injury.
New Operational Alerts: Forklift Tip Over, Fire Incidents & The Importance of Proper Communication, & Hazards of Scaffolding Board Uplift 02 May 2024 Operational Alert’s, inform Signal Mutual Members of serious incidents or a significant near-miss within the Mutual. If you have similar operations, please share this Operational Alert with operation managers, supervisors, equipment operators, and all affected employees. It is imperative that management, at all levels review their operations for similar hazardous conditions, acts, and their controls.