When we think of employee safety, we generally think of occupational and industrial safety programs that control hazards and exposures. That is a critical component, but let’s take it a step further and consider a holistic approach. Employers c...
During our education, training, and mentoring as safety professionals, we were told our purpose is to make sure employees are kept safe and healthy. And so, we have developed programs, procedures, assessments, spreadsheets, checklists, and more to ac...
(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) – Representatives of The MEMIC Group, specialists in workforce safety, joined officials of the YMCA of Greater Rochester on Tuesday, Dec. 6, to donate 100 pairs of ice cleats to the nonprofit as it prepared for its winter seas...
A cortical homunculus is a model of a human scaled to some feature, usually motor or sensory nerves, meant to provide a humorous yet powerful way to view the body. A typical homunculus for motor nerves, for example, shows a body with exaggerated...
People love rankings, numbers, polls, and data. We use them in sports, politics, education, and many other aspects of everyday life. Who’s number one in college football? How many stars did that movie or restaurant get? Sports teams are famous...
This is a MEMIC Winter Weather alert requesting that policyholders in the Northeast heavily sand and salt all sidewalks, pathways, stairs, and parking lots. These are locations most often cited in winter slip-and-fall injuries. Additionally, everyone...
In the darkness of a deep December night, he sat bolt upright in bed, startled by a disturbing dream. In it, he saw sunflowers against an azure sky, weary children with innocent eyes, tearful embraces, and sad good-byes, flash and fire, devastation, ...
(PORTLAND, Maine) -- Roads, walks, stairs, and parking lots may be transformed into extremely hazardous surfaces on Friday with heavy rainfall followed by plummeting temperatures forecast across the Northeast, according to workers’ compensation...
(Portland, ME) – The MEMIC Group, workers’ compensation insurance specialists, has announced its 2022 selections for The MEMIC Awards, which honors companies that demonstrate best practices in workforce safety, injury management, and work...