The employee should have been more careful. They lifted the wrong way, or they should have been wearing safety glasses. These are just some examples of what I too often read in incident/accident investigation reports. While you could argue that any o...

Hazards in the healthcare system seem to be multiplying every day. Notwithstanding the current pandemic exposures, the top three hazards which account for the most injuries are ergonomic hazards such as patient handling or material handling, physical...

PORTLAND, Maine – At its Annual Meeting of Policyholders, workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group presented awards for workplace safety to only eight of its more than 21,000 policyholders across the country. MEMIC Senior Vice Pre...

The wonders of modern manufacturing help fashion the products we need, but all too often it happens at the detriment of workers. The best manufacturers understand that the machines can serve employees as well. We help big and small manufacturers...

I was driving down the road the other day listening to Megan Trainor sing, “Because you know I’m all about the bass, ‘bout the bass, no treble,” and I started thinking that this could be a great line for proper lifting techniq...