Prevent Costly New Hire Injuries With Research-Backed Pre-Hire Testing

Stop hiring workers without validated physical readiness. Reduce new hire injuries, improve hiring accuracy, and strengthen workforce reliability through research-backed pre-hire testing.

Up to 78% lower compensation costs

Up to 11:1 program ROI

Scalable testing across thousands of locations

Proven Workforce Injury Reduction and Cost Savings Impact

500,000

Workers Protected

$170M

Total Saved

$10M

Average 6-Yr Saving

How Do Preventable New Hire Injuries Impact Workforce Performance?

Without structured pre-hire testing tied to real physical job demands, manufacturing and warehouse employers face rising injury-related costs, workforce instability, and operational inefficiencies that directly impact productivity and workforce reliability.

Higher MSD injury claims and workers’ compensation costs for new hires
Increased overtime pressure and staffing instability caused by early turnover
Operational disruption from injury-related absenteeism and workforce shortages
Greater administrative burden on HR, safety, and workers’ compensation teams
Reduced workforce productivity caused by inconsistent physical job fit

ErgoScience helps employers reduce workforce risk through evidence-based physical abilities testing and job-specific PAT test programs.

Explore Case Studies on Reducing Workplace
Injuries With Pre-Employment Testing

Manufactured Home Communities

In the year before initiating pre-hire/post-offer Physical Abilities Testing, the Director of Human Resources for a large organization that owns and operates manufactured home communities noticed more than a 10-fold increase in strains and sprains and slips, trips, and falls — especially among newly hired employees!

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Automotive Parts Warehouse

Over a period of five years prior to initiating pre-hire/post-offer Physical Abilities Testing, the Director of Occupational Health for a large organization that warehouses and distributes automobile parts noticed a dramatic increase in strains and sprains and slips, trips, and falls. She also noticed that most of these injuries occurred in employees within the first six months of employment.

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Meat Processing

A large Midwestern meat processing organization began to notice that their musculoskeletal injury rates and costs were significantly rising. Their Director of Safety and Health began to seek solutions. Realizing that most of these injuries were occurring among newly hired employees, she began considering pre-hire physical abilities testing as a way to mitigate these injuries.

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Improve Job-Fit Decisions and Prevent Workplace Injuries With ErgoScience

Pre-hire testing helps manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution employers improve hiring accuracy, reduce injury exposure, and prevent workforce disruption through job-specific physical abilities testing.

Reduce New-Hire Musculoskeletal Injuries

Role-specific physical abilities testing helps identify candidates capable of safely performing repetitive lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and endurance-based tasks before injury risks escalate.

Prevent Workforce Instability Caused by Early Turnover

Employees who are not physically prepared for demanding roles are more likely to leave early, increasing staffing gaps, overtime pressure, and operational disruption across facilities.

Reduce Workers’ Compensation Exposure Before Claims Occur

Pre-hire testing helps employers reduce preventable injury claims by improving physical job fit at the hiring stage instead of managing injuries after they happen.

Reduce Administrative Burden on HR and Safety Teams

Fewer preventable injuries mean less time spent managing claims coordination, return-to-work processes, incident investigations, and injury-related documentation.

Create More Defensible Hiring Decisions

Testing systems grounded in formal job analysis help employers establish objective, job-related hiring standards aligned with real workplace requirements.

Read Reviews From Employers Using ErgoScience
Pre-Employment Testing Programs

Vicki Yeazel

Workers Compensation Manager, LEADEC

The outcome from testing not only lowered our work comp injuries and dollars, it created a cost savings through injury avoidance. Data clearly showed an ROI of 5:1 in the first four years of the program. Beyond the dollars, it became clear, that› we were impacting the health and safety of our employees in a positive way. It was apparent that Leadec had a moral and ethical responsibility to our most important asset, our team members.

Gary Cameron

HR Director | Mitchell Grocery Corp

In researching companies to help us implement a pre-employment physical testing program, we wanted to find a program that would give us the peace of mind that any candidate we hired would be physically able to do the job and that the process itself would be fair and defensible. The methods used by ErgoScience met these objectives. I would encourage anyone considering a pre-employment physical testing program to look at ErgoScience. The methods used by ErgoScience are thorough, professional, and proven. We could not be more pleased.

Why Do Employers Choose ErgoScience for More Effective Pre-Hire Testing?

When it comes to occupational testing and injury prevention services, the quality and consistency of providers can vary significantly. Choosing the right partner matters because the accuracy of testing, the expertise of clinicians, and the ability to deliver actionable insights all directly impact employee safety, hiring decisions, and long-term outcomes.  

ErgoScience differentiates itself through evidence-based job analysis, scientifically validated testing systems, and scalable workforce injury prevention programs.

Evidence-based Job Analysis: Every physical abilities testing protocol is built from a detailed analysis of actual workplace demands.
Scientifically Validated Pre-Hire Testing System: Testing methodologies are grounded in peer-reviewed research, published in the Journal of Occupational Medicine, and validated scoring systems.
Stronger Legal Defensibility: Structured, validated testing creates objective, job-related hiring criteria aligned with real physical requirements.
Workforce Injury Prevention Expertise: ErgoScience combines pre-hire testing with broader expertise in reducing MSD-related workplace injuries.
Scalable Multi-Site Testing Deployment: Employers can standardize pre-hire testing across widely distributed operations with consistency and without heavy infrastructure duplication costs.
Measurable Workforce Safety Outcomes: ErgoScience helps employers monitor injury trends, validate workforce safety improvements, and optimize pre-employment testing programs to support long-term operational performance and ROI.

How Does ErgoScience Pre-Hire Testing Compare to
Traditional Screening Approaches?

Hiring & Safety Factors	Traditional Screening Methods	ErgoScience Pre-Hire Testing
Job-Specific Validation	Generic screening processes	Custom physical abilities testing aligned to real job demands
PAT Test Design	Standardized templates	Research-backed, job specific PAT testing system
Legal Defensibility	Limited to no scientific validation	Scientifically validated and job-related testing criteria
Multi-Site Consistency	Inconsistent testing across multiple sites	Standardized deployment across locations, supported by a web-based platform
Workforce Stability	Flawed testing drives higher turnover and injury risk	More accurate testing supports workforce stability
Operational Impact	Increased claims and disruption	Reduced workers' compensation exposure and downtime
Long-Term Optimization	Limited to no outcome tracking	Continuous program evaluation and injury trend analysis

Explore Blogs on Pre-Employment Testing
and How to Prevent Workplace Injuries

Why Isn’t My Lifting
Training

May 7, 2026 by Deborah Lechner

Many Companies Train Employees on Safe Lifting — Yet Injuries Continue

Job Analysis vs. Ergonomic Assessment

Apr 13, 2026 by Deborah Lechner

Job Analysis vs. Ergonomic Assessment: What’s the Difference, and Which Do You Actually Need?

Intervention to Prevent Claims

Mar 7, 2026 by Deborah Lechner

How Can Early Intervention Prevent Minor Aches from Becoming Claims?

Strengthen Workforce Safety With ErgoScience Physical Abilities Testing Processes

ErgoScience combines job analysis and physical abilities testing into a structured process designed to reduce new hire injuries and
improve workforce readiness while helping employers understand how to prevent workplace injuries more effectively.

Conduct Detailed Job Analysis

We evaluate movement patterns, strength requirements, endurance levels, and environmental conditions for each role.

Develop Custom Pre-Hire Testing Protocols

Every PAT test is designed around actual job demands in manufacturing and warehouse environments.

Validate Candidate Physical Readiness

Candidates complete role-specific physical abilities testing aligned with workplace requirements.

Standardize Hiring Across Locations

We help employers implement consistent pre-employment testing processes across multiple facilities.

Optimize Long-Term Workforce Injury Prevention

Program outcomes and injury trends are reviewed to continuously improve workforce safety performance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. When designed around real job demands, pre-hire testing improves physical job fit and reduces MSD-related injuries by ensuring candidates can safely perform essential tasks. It is one of the most effective ways to prevent workplace injuries.

Yes. When pre-hire testing is not aligned to real job demands or is implemented inconsistently across locations, it can create legal and operational risk. ErgoScience uses research-backed job analysis and role-specific testing protocols to support more defensible hiring decisions.

Many PAT programs rely on generic screening methods that fail to reflect actual workplace demands. Effective pre-hire testing requires role-specific validation, consistent implementation, and ongoing program optimization.

Prevent Workplace Injuries With ErgoScience Pre-Hire Testing

ErgoScience helps manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution employers reduce preventable new hire injuries, improve hiring accuracy, and strengthen workforce reliability through research-backed pre-employment testing designed around real job demands.

Key takeaways:

Built on research-backed job analysis for accurate physical requirements
Scientifically validated PAT test systems for defensible hiring decisions
Scalable deployment across 100+ manufacturing and warehouse locations
Reduces workers’ compensation costs through MSD-focused prevention
Improves workforce stability through role-specific physical abilities testing

Prevent Costly New Hire Injuries With Research-Backed Pre-Hire Testing

Proven Workforce Injury Reduction and Cost Savings Impact

500,000

$170M

$10M

How Do Preventable New Hire Injuries Impact Workforce Performance?