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...

Back injuries are common in many industries, and can be extremely debilitating.  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 155,740 private industry back injury cases in 2015.  That’s over 400 cases per day!  How do ...

People ask many questions when it comes to healthcare facilities.  Hospitals and nursing homes are under scrutiny and many want to know, “How do they compare?” This is often surrounding patient care issues, but OSHA wants everyone to...

OSHA has updated their recordkeeping requirements for employers across many different industries in an effort to ensure the completeness and overall accuracy of injury and illness information. The update requires employers to inform employees of the...

During a recent safety training session the subject of famous last words came up. The favorite last words turned out to be, “Hey! Watch this!” We can all imagine any number of ways that this ends with someone getting hurt. In fact, telev...

The question arises from time to time about the need for acquiring and maintaining safety data sheets for household cleaning products such as Windex and Glass Plus. OSHA’s revised Hazard Communication Standard (2012) requires “all employe...