17
April
2025

New Focus on Safety: Respiratory Protection Training

The SMIA Safety Committee and Signal Safety Team have created a library of topics for Safety Meetings, or Toolbox Talks called Focus on Safety

The effects of many hazards, such as debris falling from overhead or an object hitting your eye, are obvious and provide an incentive to wear PPE such as hard hats or safety glasses. Other hazards may not be as easy to recognize, and their effects may not be felt immediately. Air contamination, one of the most common types of “invisible” or “accepted” hazards, still poses a threat to your health, and you should take all necessary steps to protect yourself.

Full article: Respiratory Protection Training

 

Check out our full Focus on Safety Library on the Safety Resources page.

If you have suggestions for a Focus on Safety topic that could help your company or the Mutual, please get in touch with your local Signal Safety Manager.