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The article reveals the hidden role of safety managers in workplace injury litigation. Topics discussed include responsibilities of safety managers, scenarios that provide a description of workplace injury litigation, and types of document during discovery suggested when advising attorneys. Also mentioned are safety program elements that a workplace safety expert witness might look for.

The article provides tips on developing an inward examining mindset to achieve a desired safety outcomes for the organization. Topics discussed include suggested steps in developing an up-to-the-task mindset; importance of mindset grounded in personal humility to build a strong workplace alliances and relationships; and dropping of preconceived notions, comfortable practices and routines for development of OSH professional.

The article examines safety values and the accountability linkage that can make safety a basic value. It mentions that the organization's safety values can be described as individual values; espoused values; and basic values. It mentions that DuPont and Union Carbide are notable examples of accident experience affecting the deepest levels of safety culture.

In this article author talks about working as a safety manager for a midsized regional corporation and in a conference room with three fellow safety managers and the director for corporate safety and health argue over whether to report an injury on the OSHA 300 log. Topics include considered that the case details were somewhat unusual as "The employee had walked into a doorframe in the company lunchroom and suffered a laceration to the forehead that required sutures".

The article discusses that how organizations has been struggling to complete its transformation in order to meet the challenges of the new millennium in the U.S. It mentions about the efforts to re-engineer, automate, computerize, downsize and restructure the corporation have not produced the productivity gains envisioned.

The article discusses slips, trips and falls (STF) objectives that occupational safety leaders should consider to improve workplace safety. It includes upgrading the STF mindset among leaders and workers to elevate STF safety, balancing external solutions with individual STF prevention strategies, and offering a protective mindset to reduce fear of falling (FOF).

The article focuses on Understanding the Biological Basis of COMPLACENCY. Topics discussed include this article aims to explore a previously discussed component to complacency: basic brain design; and focuses on how the human brain has evolved to operate, complacency is an unavoidable risk factor that can be managed but not eliminated; and offer six principles to guide OSH efforts. Strategies and examples illustrate how each principle can be applied to real-world safety scenarios.

The article focuses on Creating Proactive Objectives Based on Leading Indicators. Topics discussed include according to Janicak (2010), "the most commonly found goals in any safety and health program include lost-time injury rate, lost workdays, recordable injury rate and total injury rates; and the potential positive aspect is that they are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time bound.

The article offers information on rise of insurance fraud and preventive steps for Occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals. It further discusses about workers' compensation claim would cover lost wages during an upcoming vacation; effect of fraudulent acts by workers on workplace morale, production and public perception of a company; and OSH professionals gain awareness of fraud and the factors that give rise to it.

The article explains how the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Adminsitration's (OSHA) requirement to upload employer-identified inquiry information is colliding with the law of unintended consequences. It discusses drawbacks for employers of disclosing and uploading injury data and making them available on the OSHA website under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The author suggests OSHA to note post employer-identifiable injury data on its website and for the Congress to amend the FOIA.

The article analyzes issues associated with enhancing industrial safety and preventing workplace injuries. It is noted that recordable injuries are a reality in the safety and health field but mean little to the workforce. Culturally, there would be more value in discussing the severity of an incident or injury than putting energy toward the type of medical treatment given.

The article focuses on the 25th annual workers' compensation report of the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) which provides data on workers' compensation coverage of the U.S. labor force; benefits paid to workers at the national level; and cost to employers of the compensation coverage.

The article reflects on the need for instilling an awareness of a holistic approach to safety and health programs in the professional safety workforce. It mentions that aim is to identify where occupational safety efforts could augment such holistic wellness efforts and to establish the boundaries for occupational safety and health professionals.

The article discusses about several events associated with the safety industry including 2022 Arizona Health & Safety Summit; How to Build and Maintain an Effective Industrial Hygiene Program; and the 22nd Annual American Society of Safety Professionals Bakersfield Symposium.

The article presents the tips shared by Kristina Cosley, a University of Washington (UW) Medicine physical therapist, aimed to avoid wintertime injuries for older workers.

The article focuses on the importance of measuring performance in safety management. Topics mentioned include the experience modification rating (EMR), metric used to measure safety performance, the prevention of workplace accident, and the insurance management. Also mentioned are the workers' compensation premiums, the workplace environment management, and the insurance ratings.

In this article, author talks about the systematic examination, along with mentions the efforts in the realm of safety management. It mentions the success of a safety committee meeting, along with discusses the need to record and investigate incidents to track losses, ensure proper injury treatment, report claims and satisfy state workers' compensation reporting requirements.

The article offers information on the challenges faced by the safety professionals due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. It mentions about the combination of ergonomics, technology-based solutions and hands on pain relief therapy has proven effective in reducing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) risk and its associated costs.

The article discusses the medical causation process and how ergonomic analysis is preformed in medical causation cases. Topics include the importance of ergonomics training for health professionals working in industry, the role of healthcare providers in determining medical causation of work-related injury, and the medical causation in workers' compensation cases.

The article reports on the program called Loss Management Information System (LoMIS), a computerized loss incident software program, which was created for SAFE 412, Hazard Prevention Management. LoMIS is designed to provide the students determine to establish management decisions and offer recommendations based on costs to implement their decisions. The types of costs used by the program including directly measured costs, workers' compensation, and product damage as well as the types of decision made by the students in their laboratory exercises were presented.

Provides information on a study on an alternative workers' compensation insurance developed in Texas, which favors a self-managed program. Discussion on safety management; Statement of the problem; Methods; Results and discussion; Recommendations.

Looks at workers compensation cost with an emphasis on the attitudes of the employees. Changes in the workers attitudes; Methodology used by firms in selecting out human problems; Listing of twelve unlegal ways to achieving superior workers compensation. INSETS: Little-known lessons in history: Excerpts from a diary - A.D...;12 totally `unlegal' ways to slash workers' compensation costs..

Examines the factors that act as influencers in determining the course of a workers' compensation (WC) claim. Efforts that treat the symptoms of WC cost; Aspect of controlling costs; Knowledge of the claim development; Strategic responses.

Presents an update on the U.S. occupational safety and health industry as of March 2002. Publications that have been released by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to help employers and workers maintain workplace safety and health; Impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. on several workers' compensation insurers; Results of a survey on the additional safety measures requested by U.S. technology professionals.

Presents a case study which demonstrated that ergonomics can provide a cost-justitification factor to system improvement projects. Background of the project used in the study; Analysis with and without using workers' compensation costs; Conclusion.

An interview with Deborah Lechner, an expert at helping employers prevent workers' compensation injuries through physical abilities testing, is presented. She offers her views about the benefit of work-site physical therapy programs to a company as well as the impact of the opioid epidemic on physical therapy.

The article discusses the return on investment (ROI) of chemical safety data sheet (SDS) systems, arguing that hazard management can reduce both risks and costs. Costs of SDS system implementation include time spent on SDS documentation and chemical inventory creation, compliance auditing fees, and compliance reporting. Benefits include lower workers' compensation and insurance costs, labor productivity, and protection of corporate brand. The efficiency of automated SDS systems is also noted.

The article provides information on upcoming events and training courses in the U.S. for November 2012-January 2013 including a lab safety webinar, the 2012 National Worker Safety and Health Conference in Maryland, and the 4th Annual Workers' Compensation Law Symposium in Wisconsin.

The article discusses the report "Adding Inequality to Injury: The Costs of Failing to Protect Workers on the Job," by the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration which reveals that the state-based workers' compensation system is offering lesser benefits than ever to injured workers.

The article presents the seven-step process developed by Business and Legal Resources for companies in order to reduce their workers' compensation costs and others, including the development of a return-to-work policy for consistency and the establishment of a timetable for returning to work.

Opinion. Presents information on the problems and pitfall relating to experience modification rating (EMR), a workers' compensation insurance rating device. Detailed information on EMR; Purpose of EMR; Detailed information on problems associated with the EMR system.

The article reveals that the direct costs from workplace incidents are more than 51 billion U.S. dollars a year in workers' compensation payments, medical expenses, and litigation expenses, according to studies by Canadian research company TalentClick.

The article notes the key findings in the Workers Compensation Research Institute's report "CompScope Medical Benchmarks, 13th Edition" which include Michigan is one of the states with the lowest medical care costs for injured workers.

The author reflects on the belief of many employers that workers' compensation costs affects their performance. He states the abused notion which vilified good employees on compensation system. The author explains that the loss of a valuable and competent employee is the real threat, not the cost of the claim, to employers.

The article reports on the decline of the workers' compensation (WC) payments for medical care and cash benefits for workers disabled by injuries or diseases in the workplace in 2005 in the U.S. According to a study by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI), the decrease in payments reflects large declines in payments in California. WC payments for injured workers decreased by 1.4% in 2005, while California payments fell by 12.2%. It notes that California altered national trends because it is a large state accounting for nearly 20% of national benefit payments in 2005.

Reports on the cost of disabling workplace injuries and illnesses in the U.S. Increase in the direct cost of claims from disabling work-related injuries; Percentage of workers' compensation claims for the bulk of direct costs; Accounts of injury cause for average increase of direct cost.

Presents data from the National Academy of Social Insurance regarding the decline in workers' compensation benefit payments and costs relative to wages in 2000 in the U.S.. Reasons for the decline.

Reports that the Workers' Compensation Data Export Protocol of the Public Risk Database Project is available for review. Information on the protocol.

Focuses on happenings at the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference, held in Chicago, Illinois. Topics focused on at the conference; Comments from conference sponsor LRP Publications company; Indication of a decline in premiums; What the National Council on Compensation Insurance attributes to this decline.

Reports that Comprehensive Loss Management Incorporated offers video training for managing workers' compensation programs. What video explains.

Reports on the total workers' compensation residual market in the United States., in 1994. Operation of residual markets.

Focuses on insurance providers' attempt to reduce costs concerning workers' compensation by forming a strategic alliance. Companies involved; Strategies to reduce treatment costs and physician fees; Decline in in-patient costs; Statistical information.

Reviews the article `The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Workers' Compensation (WC) Claims,' by John Gace and published by the Fall 1995 issue of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society. Importance of psychological and physical factors in predicting WC claims; Categories of psychological and physical factors.

Focuses on workers' compensation (WC) crisis in America, the issues addressed by Richard Palczynski, senior vice president for Travelers Commercial Lines, Hartford, CT, during his keynote address at the National Worker's Compensation & Disability Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Examination of safety audits; Impact of a corporate-wide; Focus on WC experience; Key steps in the process.

Reports on the considerable changes requires for the nation's worker's compensation system, according to a survey of state insurance commissioners and legislators conducted by AIG Managed Care Inc. Legislative reforms; Cite of the respondents on the enactment of the reforms; Contact information.