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For businesses to succeed in today's highly charged marketplace, you need a competitive
edge. This includes, among other things, a comprehensive business plan that
addresses unanticipated as well as unnecessary operating expenses.
An area affecting all of us is the dramatic rise in the cost of healthcare, which
is consuming much of our operating margin. Expenses resulting from work related injuries
and illnesses can amount to over two thirds of your total healthcare costs.
To minimize the impact on your business, you need a strategy. Here are a few of the
service solutions we have provided for area business and industry:
Ergonomic Programs
Ergonomics, the science of matching the physical characteristics of the worker with the
work processes, equipment, and environment can minimize the risk for developing
cumulative trauma disorders, while increasing worker comfort and productivity.
Injury Prevention Training
Experience suggests that one of the best ways to communicate safe work behaviors is
through "hands-on" training, followed by continual reinforcement. Based on
information obtained through environmental safety audits, job hazard analyses, and
reviews of OSHA 300 logs, effective injury prevention strategies can be developed.
The focus is generally on jobs that present the greatest risk for occupational injuries.
Job Analysis
One of the most useful tools in controlling workplace injuries is the development of
detailed ADA compliant job descriptions. Through job analysis the essential
functions, critical physical demands, and job safety hazards can be identified.
Once completed, the analysis will serve an important part of your job orientation, injury
prevention training, and early return to work programs. The analysis is
also helpful when reasonable accommodations are needed.
Pre-placement Screening
An important component in a total work injury management strategy is the screening of
job applicants. Post-job-offer pre-placement screening can minimize the risk
of hiring persons unable to perform the critical physical demands. Using exisiting
job descriptions and analyses, a job specific screening protocol is developed. Using
job simulation and other assessment techniques, each applicant is then evaluated on
their ability to perform the required physical demands of the work.
To learn more about our Employer Services, please contact us at any of our clinic or
office locations.
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