As our nation moves towards an end to this deadly pandemic, we continue to be faced with another epidemic in the form of distracted driving. But hope springs eternal with April designated as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. And it’s...

The MEMIC Group is now accepting applications for its Harvey Picker Horizon Scholarship Program for children and spouses of workers who have been seriously injured on the job. MEMIC has awarded $210,000 in scholarships since 2001. As one of the faste...

Do you have long standing responsibility for an organization’s safety program, or have you recently taken over the safety effort? You may be asking what should be done or “Am I working in the right direction?” These are the timeles...

MEMIC is excited to present a three-part webinar series on the Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) that will be available free to MEMIC’s policyholders this November! The webinars will be presented by safe patient handling expert and Physic...

“Leadership is a choice, not a position.” ~Stephen Covey There is a lot of truth in this statement and it applies directly to workplace safety. Injury prevention strategies are all dependent upon organizational cultures that support saf...

PORTLAND, ME—MEMIC appoints Laurie Deitrich and Naveen Mohan as Safety Management Consultants based in Pennsylvania and New York, respectively. Laurie Deitrich brings with her more than 18 years of safety experience in a variety of industries, ...

Over the last year, you may have heard that millions of counterfeit N95 masks were found by the Department of Homeland Security. Recently, a seizure of 1.7 million masks found in a Queens, NY storehouse made news across the country. As it turns out, ...

The great British statesman Winston Churchill once said, “When the situation was manageable it was neglected, and now that it is thoroughly out of hand we apply too late the remedies which then might have effected a cure. Want of foresight, unw...

Clocking in at a little more than two and a half minutes, the Rolling Stones studio rendition of “You Gotta Move” just seems like a nifty number to motivate a microbreak for about the same length of time. Indeed, the twang from the electr...

Last week OSHA promoted a National Safety Stand-Down to prevent falls in construction. This makes sense as falls from height are the leading cause of fatalities in the construction trades. Although the stand-down was last week this is certainly a top...