Training ALL your employees to know injury procedures before a work-related injury occurs – just as you would plan a fire drill – is instrumental in holding down your company’s workers’ compensation costs.
Six Training Guidelines to Follow
1. Implement a training seminar, lasting one hour, to introduce and reinforce injury management program concepts to your management and to distribute new workers’ compensation materials. The goal is to inform management of workers’ compensation concepts and how workers’ compensation costs are affecting the company.
2. Schedule an in-service training session for supervisors to train them in correct post-injury responses in the event of a work-related injury.
3. Like fire drills, when a work-related injury occurs, every supervisor and employee must be able to demonstrate exactly what to do, where to go, and how to obtain help.
4. Convene small-group employee training sessions to discuss post-injury response training and integrate new roles and responsibilities into the work culture.
5. Training includes instructing employees on who to notify when a work-related injury occurs and what their responsibilities are if they witness a work-related injury. (workersxzcompxzkit)
6. Have employees sign an in-service acknowledgement indicating they have received post-injury response training.
Author: Robert Elliott, J.D.
Click on these links to try it for yourself.
WC Calculator: www.ReduceYourWorkersComp.com/calculator.php
TD Calculator: www.ReduceYourWorkersComp.com/transitional-duty-cost-calculator.php
WC 101: www.ReduceYourWorkersComp.com/workers_comp.php
Do not use this information without independent verification. All state laws are different. Consult with your corporate legal counsel before implementing any cost containment programs.
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