Best Practices In Occupational Health Safety Workers Compensation And Claims Management For Employers

Author : Lisa Granger
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781599428123

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Best Practices in Occupational Health, Safety, Workers Compensation and Claims Management for Employers by Lisa Granger Pdf

Best Practices in Occupational Health, Safety, Workers Compensation and Claims Management for Employers will guide human resources professionals, health and safety professionals, and management to "Navigate the Road to Zero" injuries in the workplace while encouraging cost efficiency and productivity. This guide of best practices will assist employers of any industry in matters of accommodating restricted workers, prevention strategies through strong health and safety programs, and cost effective disability claims management including return to work planning and cost strategies. This guide offers options in aligning legal compliance with best practices in health and safety as well as claims management. The information will review universal alternatives in best practices for building legal compliance into effective health and safety and claims management program development for employers of any industry. This information provides ideas for opportunities that encourage optimal productivity for the employer, legal compliance, and cost efficient programs while allowing workers to return to work safely and productively.

Author : Dan Hopwood,Steve Thompson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470114933

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Workplace Safety by Dan Hopwood,Steve Thompson Pdf

Workplace Safety: A Guide For Small & Mid-Sized Companies, by Dan Hopwood and Steve Thompson, uses a straight-forward approach to creating the basic elements of a successful safety program. This book will provide updated information and real world examples illustrating how to prevent as well as confront the common health and safety issues that arise in the workplace. It includes information on core OSHA regulatory requirements, safety needs assessment, workers' compensation and insurance, disaster and emergency planning, ergonomics, risk management and loss prevention, injury management, incident investigation, workplace security, best practices, and workplace safety culture formation.

Author : Keith Wertz,James J. Bryant
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000-12-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420032987

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Managing Workers' Compensation by Keith Wertz,James J. Bryant Pdf

Workers' compensation causes headaches throughout all levels of an organization. Injuries affect production, costs, and morale. Managing Workers' Compensation: A Guide to Injury Reduction and Effective Claim Management lays out - in logical order - management and safety procedures that reduce injuries and the aggravation that follows. The authors cover hiring, training, and managing employees with injury avoidance in mind. They provide a blueprint for dealing with injured employees and their families, and for determining the correct time for the employee to return to work. The book discusses the all-important issues of fraud, modified duty, substance abuse testing and accident investigations. It also provides guidance for managing your organization's safety efforts in a manner that targets workers' compensation cost control as one of its major objectives. In addition to comprehensive coverage of workers' compensation, the book gives you a thorough explanation of additional sources of assistance, including the availability and utility of Internet safety resources, a complete listing of state workers' compensation agencies, and sample checklists that help you evaluate your workplace. Although workers' compensation laws vary from state-to-state, the principles behind the system and the ability of employers to influence their own premiums remain consistent. By gaining a thorough understanding of these principles and implementing proven cost control strategies, you can realize substantial savings. Managing Workers' Compensation: A Guide to Injury Reduction and Effective Claim Management explains the process by which premiums are calculated and shows how you can impact - favorably - the amount your organization pays in premiums.

Author : Richard J. Butler,Yong-Seung Park
Publisher : W.E. Upjohn Institute
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Accidents
ISBN : 9780880992770

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Safety Practices, Firm Culture, and Workplace Injuries by Richard J. Butler,Yong-Seung Park Pdf

Annotation Workers' Compensation insurance, which covers all medical expenses and part of the lost wages associated with injuries, cost employers $63.9 billion in 2001 (National Academy of Social Insurance, 2004). The indirect costs of accidents lost wages, damage to equipment, training and rehabilitation expenses are several times this amount. On the job injury costs are an important component of the firm's operating expenses. Human resource management can change workers' incentives to take more care on the job (accident prevention), improve workers' incentives to return to work following an accident (loss reduction), and improve workplace efficiency by appropriately involving workers in the firm's decision making.

Author : Keith Wertz,James J. Bryant
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040075616

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Managing Workers' Compensation by Keith Wertz,James J. Bryant Pdf

Laying out management and safety procedures that reduce injuries and the aggravation that follows, this book covers hiring, training, and managing employees with injury avoidance in mind. The authors provide a blueprint for dealing with injured employees and their families, and for determining the correct time for the employee to return to work. The book discusses the all-important issues of fraud, modified duty, substance abuse testing, and accident investigations. It also provides guidance for managing safety efforts in a manner that controls workers' compensation cost. The book shows readers how they can impact - favorably - the amount their organization pays in premiums.

Author : Jason Foster,Bob Barnetson
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781771991841

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Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces by Jason Foster,Bob Barnetson Pdf

Workplace injuries happen every day and can profoundly affect workers, their families, and the communities in which they live. This textbook is for workers and students looking for an introduction to injury prevention on the job. Foster and Barnetson bring the field into the twenty-first century by including discussions of how precarious employment, gender, and ill-health can be better handled in Canadian OHS.

Author : Karen Roberts,John F. Burton,Matthew Michael Bodah,Terry Thomason
Publisher : W.E. Upjohn Institute
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780880993241

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Workplace Injuries and Diseases by Karen Roberts,John F. Burton,Matthew Michael Bodah,Terry Thomason Pdf

The chapters in this volume were originally presented at a conference to honor Terry Thomason,held at the University of Rhode Island in March, 2004. It is about workplace safety and health and issues related to prevention and compensation for occupational injuries and illnesses, a topicto which Terry devoted much of his research life. The volume is intended to serve as a detailedintroduction to the workers' compensation novice but also provide insights to those more familiarwith the area.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : PURD:32754077580201

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Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care & Social Service Workers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee to Assess Training Needs for Occupational Safety and Health Personnel in the United States
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780309070263

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Safe Work in the 21st Century by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee to Assess Training Needs for Occupational Safety and Health Personnel in the United States Pdf

Despite many advances, 20 American workers die each day as a result of occupational injuries. And occupational safety and health (OSH) is becoming even more complex as workers move away from the long-term, fixed-site, employer relationship. This book looks at worker safety in the changing workplace and the challenge of ensuring a supply of top-notch OSH professionals. Recommendations are addressed to federal and state agencies, OSH organizations, educational institutions, employers, unions, and other stakeholders. The committee reviews trends in workforce demographics, the nature of work in the information age, globalization of work, and the revolution in health care deliveryâ€"exploring the implications for OSH education and training in the decade ahead. The core professions of OSH (occupational safety, industrial hygiene, and occupational medicine and nursing) and key related roles (employee assistance professional, ergonomist, and occupational health psychologist) are profiled-how many people are in the field, where they work, and what they do. The book reviews in detail the education, training, and education grants available to OSH professionals from public and private sources.

Author : Bob Barnetson
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781926836003

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The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada by Bob Barnetson Pdf

Workplace injuries are common, avoidable, and unacceptable. The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals how employers and governments engage in ineffective injury prevention efforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain standard legitimacy. Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system, highlighting the way in which employers create dangerous work environments yet pour billions of dollars into compensation and treatment. Examining this dynamic clarifies the way in which production costs are passed on to workers in the form of workplace injuries.

Author : Department of Human Services,Centers for and Prevention,National Institute Safety and Health
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1493592076

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Use of Workers' Compensation Data for Occupational Safety and Health by Department of Human Services,Centers for and Prevention,National Institute Safety and Health Pdf

The Use of Workers' Compensation Data for Occupational Safety and Health Workshop was convened in June 2012 at the Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building in Washington DC. This was the second workshop that provided an opportunity for workers' compensation insurance industry organizations, public health practitioners and researchers, and government administrative agencies to discuss uses of workers' compensation data for public health issues. The burden of occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities is substantial. In the U.S. alone, costs are estimated at $250 billion annually. Tracking these costs and underlying hazards is essential for control of the economic and social burdens. Workers' compensation insurance covers but a fraction of these costs, although nearly all employers are required by the individual state mandates to have policies. Seemingly, claims records would be available for each incident yet investigators report at this workshop and elsewhere that the records are incomplete. Collaboration across the vested interests is needed to make workers' compensation data more suitable for research and surveillance purposes. In combination with other occupational safety and health resources, further utilization of workers' compensation data can help alleviate the burden of occupational injuries and illnesses in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Author : H. A. Arthurs,Ontario. Workplace Safety & Insurance Board,Ontario. Workplace Safety & Insurance Board. Funding Review,Harry William Arthurs,Ontario. Ministry of Labour,Morneau Shepell,Conference Board of Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Workers' compensation
ISBN : 1443587400

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Funding Fairness by H. A. Arthurs,Ontario. Workplace Safety & Insurance Board,Ontario. Workplace Safety & Insurance Board. Funding Review,Harry William Arthurs,Ontario. Ministry of Labour,Morneau Shepell,Conference Board of Canada Pdf

In September 2010, at the request of the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), an independent review of its funding and related matters was conducted, and to advise the Minister of Labour as to what would constitute "a fair level of indexation for partially disabled workers." The Funding Review was asked to consider six specific issues: the WSIB's unfunded liability (UFL); premium rate setting; rate groups; employer incentives; occupational diseases; and indexation of benefits for partially disabled workers.--Document.

Author : Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia
Publisher : [Richmond] : Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Industrial hygiene
ISBN : 0772617694

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How to Implement an Effective Occupational Safety and Health Program by Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on Developing a Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309462990

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A Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on Developing a Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century Pdf

The workplace is where 156 million working adults in the United States spend many waking hours, and it has a profound influence on health and well-being. Although some occupations and work-related activities are more hazardous than others and face higher rates of injuries, illness, disease, and fatalities, workers in all occupations face some form of work-related safety and health concerns. Understanding those risks to prevent injury, illness, or even fatal incidents is an important function of society. Occupational safety and health (OSH) surveillance provides the data and analyses needed to understand the relationships between work and injuries and illnesses in order to improve worker safety and health and prevent work-related injuries and illnesses. Information about the circumstances in which workers are injured or made ill on the job and how these patterns change over time is essential to develop effective prevention programs and target future research. The nation needs a robust OSH surveillance system to provide this critical information for informing policy development, guiding educational and regulatory activities, developing safer technologies, and enabling research and prevention strategies that serves and protects all workers. A Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of OSH surveillance. This report is intended to be useful to federal and state agencies that have an interest in occupational safety and health, but may also be of interest broadly to employers, labor unions and other worker advocacy organizations, the workers' compensation insurance industry, as well as state epidemiologists, academic researchers, and the broader public health community. The recommendations address the strengths and weaknesses of the envisioned system relative to the status quo and both short- and long-term actions and strategies needed to bring about a progressive evolution of the current system.

Author : H. Allan Hunt,Marcus Dillender
Publisher : W.E. Upjohn Institute
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780880995306

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Workers' Compensation by H. Allan Hunt,Marcus Dillender Pdf

H. Allan Hunt and Marcus Dillender provide a succinct analysis of the state of WC programs in North America by focusing on three key performance issues: 1) the adequacy of compensation for those disabled in the workplace, 2) return-to-work performance for injured workers, and 3) prevention of disabling injury and disease. Following a brief introductory chapter that provides a discussion of the difficulties of trying to compare so many diverse programs, Hunt and Dillender devote a chapter to each of the three performance issues and provide empirical findings and useful guidance for policymakers and researchers as they set their sights on adapting WC for the twenty-first century.