It was only last year Aldo Zambetti joined the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) as its program director, and as of Jan. 1, he moved into the role…
For the second year, out of an abundance of caution, the sixth annual Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) Safety Champions Conference was held virtually April 14 and 15…
Everyone has been touched by suicide in some way — whether it’s news of a celebrity who seemingly had experienced no outward problems or a close friend who was struggling…
Second-generation union sheet metal worker Dale Clark began work on Jan. 1 as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) specialist, a new position created to oversee health and safety…
When first-year apprentice John Walker returned to Sheet Metal Workers Local 20’s Indianapolis training center after lunch in January, he didn’t feel well — his legs were shaking, he was…
Defibrillators and tourniquets save lives. Years ago, it was unheard of to have a defibrillator in a workplace or other public space. Tourniquets fell out of favor for use in…
On a Thursday morning in March, when much of the country was being told to shelter in place due to the effects of COVID-19, Mike Wolf, plant manager for the…
In one of the organization’s largest procurement and distribution efforts ever, Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) shipped cloth masks in June to all International Association of Sheet Metal,…
Across the country, schools of all types are trying to figure out how to operate while keeping employees and students safe from COVID-19. Training centers — each with their own…
The Fall 2019 SMOHIT Steps Challenge was a success with members walking a total of 74,873,900 steps, more than 9 million more than it takes to walk around the world.…