(Portland, ME) – The MEMIC Group, specialists in workers’ compensation insurance, has awarded $30,000 to a faculty research team in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Safety Sciences to investigate ways to limit work...

Second year of grants deepen industry-academic partnership to produce actionable findings  PORTLAND, Maine — The MEMIC Group, specialists in workers’ compensation insurance, has awarded an Illinois State University research team $30,...

(PORTLAND, ME) — The MEMIC Safety Research Center is now accepting applications for a grant of up to $30,000 to engage in research that makes a positive impact on workforce safety and health. This is the second round of grants offered by the M...

(PORTLAND, ME) — U.S. Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Norris Cochran has appointed Luis F. Pieretti, PhD, CIH, CSP, WCP® of The MEMIC Group’s Loss Control Department to the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National ...

This post is meant as a general guide to help anyone who needs information on making commercial or institutional kitchens a safer place to work. As we, all know there is often a dramatic difference between the customer and client sections of a facili...

Did you know OSHA issued a memorandum to its regions on June 25, 2015, providing further inspection guidance for inpatient healthcare settings? Are you prepared? This applies to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Major Groups 622 ...

OSHA has previously issued guidance directed to the health care industry for safe patient handling procedures and now intends to enforce this guidance. With its recent announcement OSHA is indicating they will now inspect the facility’s patient...

With the recent concentration of OSHA on healthcare facilities, along with state initiatives and the increasing risks in healthcare, have you asked your team lately if your program is up to speed? Programs are shown to reduce patient injury, red...

Now that another year is well underway it’s time to act on your New Year’s resolutions. Are you planning to eat healthier, exercise more, or learn how to play an instrument? How about adding safety to your resolution list? Start 2020 by...

In 2015 the MEMIC Safety Net blog featured two posts entitled “Frankly my Dear, I don’t Give a Damn” and “Famous Movie Quotes, Part Deux!” - each listed selected movie quotes from the American Film Institute’s Grea...