It wasn’t always safety first at Santa’s workshop when the elves labored feverishly to finish all the toys needed for the big night.  There was the time Dingle chipped a front tooth when he lost hold of the small wood chisel he was ...

Workers’ Compensation insurance fraud is a “victimless crime” so no one really gets hurt, right? Wrong! The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud estimates that insurance fraud in the United States tops $80 billion every year and ...

This very informative infographic helps to detail the decision process for controlling hazards and implementing PPE for identified hazards.  As the graphic shows, elimination of the hazard or installing engineering controls are the most sustaina...

In today's business world we are faced with escalating healthcare costs. Employees are asked to contribute more to the cost of their healthcare policy and employers are providing wellness programs and incentives to change behavior and ultimately imp...

The famous physicist, Steven Hawking, once said, “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”  I’m sure that Mr. Hawking would agree...

It is in that “whoops” moment, when we lose the battle of upright balance to gravity, that we can sustain a FOOSH (fall on an outstretched hand) injury from reflexively trying to brace ourselves as we plummet to the ground. With our feet...

Take an ordinary, manual pallet jack and kick it up a notch with the addition of an electric motor and, voila, you have a powered pallet jack.  Wonderful, no more strain to the low back by having to overcome inertia (with brute force) to get the...

With all 50 states reporting temperatures below freezing on Tuesday, November 18th, ‘tis the season to pay special attention to the condition of outdoor surfaces underfoot.  Indeed, it seems that Old Man Winter has descended upon us sudden...

Workplace hazards are defined as circumstances that present the possibility of inflicting an injury to a worker. These hazards can be severe or minor, and the odds of producing an injury can range from very likely to remote. Nevertheless, it is up t...

MEMIC has adopted the highly regarded human resource information tool from Business and Legal Reports (BLR) to provide online advice for HR professionals. This special product is free to MEMIC customers and accessible through MEMIC’s Safety Dir...