The following tips should be considered when using your current mouse. These tips are frequently provided during ergonomic assessments as location and use are common contributors of aches and pains. Conduct a self assessment and implement these tips...
Compressed gas cylinders are used across many different industries ranging from restaurants, medical, and in industrial settings. While different gases have different properties, they have similar hazards regarding identification and handling. Ident...
Q: Does the type of food you eat make it harder or easier to lose weight? A: For years we have said “calories in” must be less than “calories out” (burned) if you are to lose weight. Although this is a tried and true axiom th...
Are you a folder, squisher, pusher, puncher, or squeezer? Of the many different tasks a housekeeper must do during the day, getting the pillow into its case can be overlooked. The end result is always discussed: how the ends are tucked, is it fluffe...
In honor of International Housekeeping Week, we would like to take a moment to recognize the professional housekeepers across the country working in hotels, hospitals, schools and many other facilities who maintain a cleaner, safer and healthier envi...
In the 21st century many companies have gone to great lengths to improve efficiency, product flow, and reduce ergonomic stress on the employees by installing conveyor systems. These newly installed conveyor systems may work as intended, but workers ...
As the leaves disappear, the air a little cooler, and families gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, we at MEMIC would be remiss if we didn’t reach out to you with a holiday safety message. Travelling over Thanksgiving can be hectic, frustrati...
On August 7, 2015, OSHA provided a notice for a proposed rule for Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds. It should be noted that this process did not start in 2015 but on November 26, 2002. This proposed rule not only updates the...
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), four million people go to work each day exposed to damaging noise, 10 million people in the U.S. have noise-related hearing loss, and 22 million workers are exposed to po...
OSHA’s New Confined Space Regulations (Part III of III) Part I of this three-part series on Confined Spaces in Construction identified the existing confined space standard in Construction (29 CFR 1926.21(b) and the newly adopted Final...