Why PAT is the Best Gift to Give Your Returning Employee
Do you use a candidate Physical Ability Test (PAT) in your workplace? If so, you know the potential of PAT in terms of increased workplace safety and decreased costs. However, if your only use of PAT is in the hiring process, you are not taking advantage of that test’s full potential. Physical Ability Testing can […]
How to Test for Heavy Lifting Demands
It’s not just the law that makes complying with OSHA standards for occupational safety and health a priority for employers. Protecting the well-being of workers is just good business – after all, good people are hard to find, so savvy employers take good care of them. Complying with regulations and avoiding the hassle and expense […]
Did Swift Transportation Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater?
When the nation’s fifth largest truckload carrier’s quarterly results fails to meet expectations, people are bound to notice. That’s all the more true since long-haul trucking companies are a weather vane and harbinger of future change in the larger economy. A recent online article in the Wall Street Journal cited several reasons for Swift Transportation’s recent financial […]
5 Ways This Important Safety Tool Benefits Your Workers
Any employer who has borne the costs of workers’ comp injuries knows only too well the financial impact that accidents and injuries can have on individual businesses. However, as steep as direct and indirect costs employers pay out for workers’ comp claims are, they pale in comparison to the financial impact these injuries can have […]
3 Important Considerations Before Investing in PAT
A well-designed physical ability test (PAT) program can be a very effective risk management tool for businesses today. This is especially true of companies that operate within physically demanding fields – health care, construction, housekeeping or manufacturing, for instance – that tend to have higher than average worker injury rates, greatly increasing the cost of […]
3 Things Your Employees Really Need From You
The costs of workplace injuries are a serious problem – both the human costs, borne primarily by injured workers, and the financial ones, including workers’ comp costs for which employers are responsible. The medical expenses associated with workers’ comp injuries amount to nearly $30,000 for the average claim involving lost work time – and that figure does not include […]
How to Drastically Reduce Turnover Due to On-the-Job Injuries
Does your business operate in a physically demanding industry? Are you losing employees due to on-the-job injuries? If you have done all you can to improve workplace safety – taken environmental precautions, updated safety equipment, employee training, and so on – with little effect in terms of preventing workplace injuries and injury-related turnover, you may […]
3 Helpful Tips for Navigating OSHA Requirements
Workplace heath and safety concerns are a priority for most employers today, given the steep human and financial costs of on-the-job injuries and illnesses. Then, of course, there are the costs and hassles involved in running afoul of OSHA requirements, which provide a strong incentive to prioritize safety as well as regulatory compliance. However, as […]
How to Use Physical Abilities Testing for all Worker Life Cycles
If your company has a solid, science-based, EEOC compliant pre-employment physical abilities testing (PAT) program in place, chances are you’ve realized some important benefits since implementing that program – such as fewer on-the-job injuries, lower workers’ comp costs, and better employee retention, among others. However, if you’re only using PAT for pre-hire testing, you’re missing out on […]
The Importance of Ergonomics: It’s All Greek to Me
Ergonomics is a term that most employers have heard tossed around by workplace safety and risk management experts, but many are not entirely clear on just what it means and why it is an important issue. The term itself means the “laws of work.” It comes from the Greek words ergon (“work”) and nomos (“laws”). […]
