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...

Workers' Comp Reform Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC) is a private mutual insurance company celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2023. When it opened in January 1993, MEMIC was one of four companies licensed to sell workers' compensa...

(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...

Find out why building a relationship with a doctor who specializes in occupational injuries should be at the top of your list.

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, ...