HELENA, Mont. â Montana State Fund (MSF), Montanaâs largest workersâ compensation insurance company, presented personal protective equipment (PPE) grants to 37 classrooms across Montana Tuesday.
The grants, which are part of MSFâs Growing a Safer Montana program, usually include safety eye protection, fall protection gear, gloves and ear protection, among other equipment, and are intended to help students understand the importance of operating safely in their environment.
âThrough our Growing a Safer Montana initiative, we are committed to improving Montanaâs workplace safety culture,â said MSF President and CEO, Laurence Hubbard. âWe can only improve the safety culture through education and reinforcement of positive safety habits. If we start in the classroom, the next generation of Montanaâs workforce will be better equipped when they step onto the job site. Our goal is to send students and workers home safely to their families at the