Steps Challenge gets members out into the world
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.…
Health and safety
Local 100 welcomes new addition
Earlier this year, Local 100, located just outside Washington, D.C., opened a newly renovated welding lab. The space is equipped with motion-sensor LED lighting, arc sensors at the end of…
Hotline to help members work through tragedy, personal problems
When tragedy hits multiple parts of the country, reaching out to the hundreds — sometimes thousands — of affected members can be an impossible task. After the hurricanes hit multiple…
Second SMOHIT STEPS Challenge is healthy competition
The second SMOHIT STEPS Challenge kicked off Sept. 15 and concluded Oct. 31. The fall edition offered two ways to win – as an individual or a team. Either way,…
Health screenings test, educate sheet metal workers leading up to Mesothelioma Awareness Day
Health screenings take place Sept. 23; Mesothelioma Awareness Day is Sept. 26 The Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT), the health and safety arm of the unionized sheet metal,…
Mental health on the minds of union sheet metal workers
Member Assistance Program has trained 250 volunteers to help local members FAIRFAX, Va. – For decades, when a member of the International Association of Sheet Metal Air, Rail and Transportation…
SMOHIT partners with Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation to bring information, support to members
The Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) has partnered with the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation to better educate sheet metal workers about mesothelioma and assist with treatment in the…
Positive safety culture on minds of contractors, coordinators, organizers, business managers and agents during first SMOHIT Safety Champions Conference
One of the main questions asked at the first SMOHIT Safety Champions Conference was “What is a safety champion?” Fifty-one participants, including contractors, coordinators, business managers, business agents and organizers…
SMOHIT Joins Health Fair at SMART Local 67 in San Antonio
Member Mike Levingston (left) and SMOHIT Administrator Randall Krocka. SMOHIT Administrator Randall Krocka traveled to San Antonio’s Local 67 to participate in the Health and Benefit Fair held Nov. 14…
SMOHIT honors professionals aiming to make the industry safe for apprentices, journeymen
Safety isn’t a second thought in the unionized sheet metal and air conditioning industry – it has to be a way of life, or death could be a consequence. SMOHIT…