I am frequently asked, “Should I use a yoga ball instead of a chair?”  At this point, many have heard of using an inflatable ball because it is purported to activate core muscles and improve back posture.  So let’s toss th...

Herbert William Heinrich was an assistant superintendent of an insurance company and back in 1931 he commenced a study of more than 75,000 industrial accidents.  The result of this work was published in Industrial Accident Prevention: A Scientif...

Do you sometimes feel like a square peg in a round hole? In the kitchen or at work, do you feel like things are just a little too high or a little too low? Pretty frustrating, isn’t it? Maybe your partner is quite a bit taller or shorter than y...

Dirty Harry’s quote was used in a post from 2015, but this time the topic is a little different.  Luck is defined as “a combination of circumstances, events, etc., operating by chance to bring good or ill to a person.”  Wi...

We’ve all heard a number of safe driving principles such as avoiding distracted driving, following speed limits, never driving impaired, and the hazards of road rage.  But there is another principle that deserves just as much attention: Sp...

PORTLAND, Maine – Does the world really need another podcast? The answer is yes, if it could help save a life or avoid an injury. Every 7 seconds a worker is injured on the job with more than 5,000 workplace injury fatalities occurring in the U...

Whether you are excited or stressed about the coming holiday season, the best thing to be is prepared. Have a game plan for safe driving, cooking and decorating. Most of us have had one too many holidays where the family has gathered together and the...

MEMIC Hires LaCrosse as Safety Management Consultant and Romano as Vice President, Corporate Risk Officer PORTLAND, Maine – Jason LaCrosse has been appointed a Safety Management Consultant by workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Gro...

It has now been slightly over two years since the Construction respirable silica regulation became enforceable by OSHA and about a year and a half since the General Industry regulation followed suit (September 17, 2017 and June 23, 2018, respectively...

With the wonder of snowfall come falls and not of the Niagara type. No, we’re talking about the bone breaking, tendon tearing, ligament loosening, and brain bruising kind of fall that happens when a winter cocktail of hydrogen and oxygen molecu...