Early Return to Work Programs:
Workers compensation is a valuable benefit for society’s working men and women; however, few consider the potential non-physical repercussions of an employee put on temporary disability leave. The psychological impact of becoming a “disabled” employee is profound, even if temporary. There is even the possibility of a strained relationship between the [...]

Start Your Day Off Right: Warm up your muscles with stretching and simple exercises. This activity followed by breakfast is a great way to “prepare” for your day. And whatever you do, don’t skip your breakfast. Breakfast skippers tend to eat more food than usual at the next meal or nibble on high-calorie snacks to [...]

Keys to a Successful Wellness Room and Educational Light Duty Programs
 
Management Connection: It is crucial for the Management Team to support the objectives of the Wellness Room Program. Managers should help relay the importance of the Return-to-Work and Injury Prevention Program to the workforce. Also, communicate the need to control costs by providing employees with [...]

First a little about fire and its properties.  What is fire?
A rapid, self-sustaining oxidation process accompanied by the evolution of heat and light of varying intensities.  IFSTA Essentials 4th Edition.
That burning process can be interrupted by removing one of the four elements in the fire tetrahedron:
●Heat
●Fuel
●Oxygen
●Chemical chain reaction
By developing a yearly fire extinguisher training program [...]

January is National Eye Safety Month! 
Your eyesight is a priceless commodity and once lost can never be brought back.  Every day in the workplace employees are exposed to numerous hazards to the eyes from chemicals to flying objects.  Protecting your eyes starts with education and utilizing the right equipment. 
There are many different types of eye [...]

Do you have employee’s who smoke? Did you know that annual health care costs for smokers are 31 percent higher on average than non smokers? With today’s raising health care costs, every company should be asking this question and every company should be developing a cost saving plan to reduce the costs [...]

According to the American Heart Association (AHA) early CPR and defibrillation plus early advanced care within 3-5 minutes after collapse can result in a greater than 50% long-term survival rate.  The value of early CPR by co-workers is important as it will “buy time” for the patient by [...]

We have two immediate openings in the Seattle area (Auburn and Bellvue) for Onsite Safety and Wellness Center Manager. These Professionals will manage our Return to Work Program for the client, deliver Onsite First Aid, provide Client-Specific Safety and Health Training, and promote and deliver other initiatives that help our clients reduce the severity and frequency of [...]

Do employees really try to stay out of work longer than necessary when they get injured on the job? To accurately answer this question, there are two key factors that need to be looked at – the employee’s personality and the conditions surrounding your return to work program.
In order to weed out the few who [...]

There are some employers who believe that communicating the details of how workers’ compensation works with their employees will increase the likelihood that their employees will file a work comp claim. For this reason, many of these employers decide not to talk to their employees about workers’ compensation.
While they may think that this is [...]