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The SMIA Safety Committee and Signal Safety Team have created a library of topics for Safety Meetings, or Toolbox Talks called Focus on Safety
USL&H, or United States Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, provides workers' compensation coverage for maritime occupations, including work on navigable waters and adjoining areas.
Click here for the full article: USL&H Coverage for Contractors & Others Working on Your Site: What You Need to Know
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.
Other News Stories
Notice of Special General Meeting 13 Feb 2025 To the Members of Signal Mutual Indemnity Association Ltd: The Board and Managers have been engaged over the past several years in a review of the Association’s Governance and management protocols. This has included the housing of the day-to-day management of the Association in a wholly owned subsidiary of the Association: Signal Management Services, LLC. An analysis and review of the Association’s Rules & Bye-laws has been conducted with the assistance of outside counsel and a series of recommendations have been made to amend the Rules & Bye-laws to accommodate these significant changes.New Focus on Safety: Coverage for Contractors & Others Working on Your Site 11 Feb 2025 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: Forklift Perimeter Lights 11 Feb 2025 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.
Operational Alert: Fall from Height Head Injury 10 Feb 2025 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.