(Portland, ME) – The MEMIC Group, specialists in workforce safety, is offering simple steps policyholders and business owners should implement to avoid preventable, heat-related injuries. With heat advisories issued in many areas of the country...
Labor Rules Protect Young Workers in Summer Jobs As many eager teens look for summer employment, employers need to research Federal and State child labor laws that dictate the workplace conditions for those younger than age 18. ...
Our hands are the ultimate tools. Think about all the things they enable us to do: operate machines and equipment, create art, grip tools and materials, punch out a text message, strum an instrument, sense texture and temperature, pet a dog, play cat...
“We give management the knowledge and tools to help them become proficient with managing loss. We support management’s ability to lead, plan, organize and control safety.” Hartley has worked as a MEMIC Safety Management ...
“Workplace safety and health is about continuous improvement in people and operations. This is the same intent and passion that drives efficiency and quality of profitable businesses. Improvement can simply be a function of actionable efforts o...
Miscommunication happens. Most of the time, the consequences are miniscule. Your burger has a tomato on it, your friend shows up for the 9:30 movie instead of the 8:45, your significant other picks up milk instead of cream. Other times, the conseque...
Rosanne Wess adds specialized skill in construction, manufacturing, health (Portland, Maine) – The MEMIC Group has added Rosanne Wess, CSP, CHST, to its Loss Control team as a Safety Management Consultant. Wess comes to MEMIC with nearly a deca...
In my prior life as corporate safety director, a maintenance crew was sent to set up machinery overseas. A report came back, the crew arrived to perform the work and, upon learning no safety equipment was available, they stopped work until they were ...
PORTLAND, Maine, September 25, 2008 – The MEMIC Board of Directors voted this morning to issue a dividend totaling $15 million to policyholders of its Maine-based mutual company. “This is a difficult time for many employers,” said ...
PORTLAND, ME, September 22, 2009 – Maine-based workers’ compensation insurer MEMIC has announced that it will pay a dividend totaling $10 million to about 20,000 Maine employers this November. The company’s Board of Directors vote...