The Challenge. While many safety and risk professionals are struggling to prevent injuries…
There’s a small group who are decreasing injuries on a consistent basis…
And it’s not because they are better safety/risk professionals than you…
Or that they more of an expert than you – far from it.
It’s all because they are using a time-tested process proven to:
✅ Determine the root cause of injuries
✅ Identify customized injury prevention programs
✅ Seamlessly implement those programs
If your business hires workers for physically demanding jobs – and if your business is manufacturing, warehousing or transportation, you probably do – reducing the risk and expense of workplace injuries is a priority you can’t afford to ignore. And while accidents are sure to happen, 63 percent of the top ten workplace injuries identified by Liberty Mutual Research Institute are exactly the kinds of mishaps that pre-hire Physical Abilities Testing (PAT) is designed to help prevent.
The bottom line is ultimately one of the most important things a business organization considers with every decision. As such, risky financial moves are often avoided. If your organization requires a labor force capable of physically demanding work, there is an easy way to mitigate financial risk: the implementation of Physical Abilities Testing.
Food production employers put a lot of time, energy, and money into workplace injury prevention. However, since the food production industry has higher than average injury rates, employers in this field must pay particular attention to reducing them. The chief reason for this, of course, is to protect valued employees from harm. However, beyond that fundamental goal are other important considerations for any successful business – most notably, a financial interest in reducing substantial costs that come with work-related injuries.
Controlling workers' compensation costs is essential to protecting the financial health of your business. Since even the most efficient safety plan cannot yield a perfect safety record, getting a grip on those costs means reducing the severity and number of claims-generating workplace injuries that do occur.
Working to reduce your workers' comp insurance mod rate – and therefore your premiums – means working to reduce your injury rate. Targeting injury types with the highest incidence rates is the most sensible place to start. Sprains, strains ,and exertion injuries rank high on that list, accounting for about one third of the top 10 disabling workplace injuries as presented by the 2014 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index.
High workers' compensation costs are a significant issue for employers today – and a growing one, as those costs continue to rise. According to The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), premiums rose by 7.3 percent for the average business in 2013. Additional statistics:
Controlling workers' compensation costs is an ongoing challenge for businesses today, and trucking companies are no exception. Protecting your trucking fleet against workers' comp fraud is an important part of that effort.
