California Workers' Compensation Changes Not Focused on Workers Best Interests
The new law that changes how work injuries are evaluated, aimed at saving businesses in California billions of dollars in workers' compensation insurance costs, has received mixed reviews from business owners, insurance carriers and Union officials.The new system changes the factors determining how much money permanently injured workers receive as compensation for their injuries and will result in some workers who are not severely disabled, and still physically able to earn a living, getting less money for their injuries.
It has been criticized by union officials and labor leaders and while many California business owners and executives have expressed their support for the new system, some are taking a different approach ? preventing injury, lowering absenteeism and keeping their workers healthy and happy.Frank Dominguez, a supervisor for the Los Angeles County Assessor's Office Special Investigators Unit, has spent many years bringing awareness of ergonomics training to the County and the Union (Local 660) that services Los Angeles county workers.
After trying various programs Dominguez heard about Future Industrial Technologies (F.I.T.) and their programs delivered by healthcare professionals who are trained as injury prevention specialists. The BACKSAFE? and SITTINGSAFE? programs are based on Bionomics TM, a field within ergonomics training that includes the adjustment of the physical environment and the body. These bionomic programs have been used in diverse industries such as aerospace, municipalities, banks, hospitals, warehouse/trucking firms as well as many small businesses to substantially reduce workplace injuries and worker compensation costs.The results of the program? LA County's worker compensation costs have been cut dramatically and where there were 19 to 20 claims per year, there are now only one or two.
Mission Linen and Uniform Service of Santa Barbara, CA., is another company that has chosen training to reduce worker compensation costs. Mission Linen launders uniforms and linens for restaurants, hospitals and other institutional organizations They have 50 locations in five western states, and 2700 employees, only 800 of whom are delivery drivers.
Yet in 2003 they discovered that their delivery drivers where responsible for almost half the reported workplace injuries. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, delivery truck drivers are considered a high incident occupation for back injuries.
The Bureau found that sitting in the same position while driving may cause as much trouble as lifting large items once drivers arrive at their next location. "With our employees spread in small populations all over the West we needed a tailor made workplace safety and ergonomic training program that could be implemented site by site," says Don Bock, Director of Risk Management at Mission Linen. "We have used the FIT program to train our delivery drivers in 15 locations so far and we have yet to experience a back injury where the training has been implemented. It's cut our absenteeism to nothing and our insurance costs are way down." About Future Industrial TechnologiesFIT offers workplace safety and ergonomics training programs based on Bionomics. These programs show employees how to perform their specific job tasks in a manner that is bio-mechanically correct, increasing workplace safety and reducing injuries and insurance costs.
For more information contact:Dennis Downinge-mail protected from spam bots Tel: (805) 563-2225 Visit the website - www.backsafe.comRead our blogs http://backsafe.blogsite.com.
Navy Marine Aikido Club and San Diego Jiai Aikido Celebrates First Anniversary with One of the Nation's Top Shihans
The Navy-Marine Aikido Club is celebrating their first anniversary at San Diego's newest and largest dojo with this weekend's (18-20 February) seminar featuring Hiroshi Ikeda, Shihan, from Boulder Aikikai of "Aikido Schools of Ueshiba".
Hosted by San Diego Jiai Aikido, the weekend includes extensive training in the dynamics and art of this graceful and powerful Japanese martial art.
Members of the Navy-Marine Aikido Club spent the last few weeks assisting Jiai Aikido in preparation for the event.
Practicing Aikido is a phenomenal way to find balance and harmony amidst the conflict and stress of everyday life, work and combat, especially for Sailors and Marines who deploy into harms' way.
Many law enforcement agencies incorporate or encourage Aikido training for their personnel, because it not only provides exceptional self-defense against many fighting styles and weapons, but focuses on controlling the attacker versus harming them as many offensive...
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The Origins Of Basketball
Do you know the origin of basketball?The origins of the game of basketball can be traced back to a gentleman by the name of Dr. James Naismith. In 1861, Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. During his early school days, Naismith would play a game called duck on a rock whereby the child would endeavor to knock the duck off the top of the rock with a toss of another rock.Later on, Naismith would go on to McGill University in Montreal and would later become McGill University's Athletic Director. He would subsequently move on to YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts and in 1891, the game of basketball began.
Given the cold Massachusetts winters, Naismith needed to find a recreational activity that could be played indoors and he preferred a sport that would develop skill and one that was not exclusively relying on strength. The first game was played with two peach baskets for goals and a soccer ball.Further to his credit, Naismith became a medical doctor specializing...
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America Hears, Manufacturer and Distributor of Digital Hearing Aids, Hires New Audiologist
Philadelphia, PA (ContentDesk) March 14, 2006 America Hears (http://www.americahears.com), the premier manufacturer and provider of digital hearing aids over the Internet, announced the hiring of Kelly Malick, MS, CCC-A, as its newest audiologist. Malick comes to America Hears from AHS/Interton, where she has worked since 1993 as the director of government services. At America Hears, she will be performing fittings of digital hearing...
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