EMPLOYERS: BEFORE YOU HIRE, CAN YOUR EMPLOYEE CANDIDATE DO THE JOB and INSTILL SAFETY?

Employee On-Boarding Specialties can be a great benefit to all employers by helping them to have the knowledge concerning a new employee on the status of their work related safety practices, and their ability to perform the task involved with their new post offer job. We do that using WorkSTEPS® functional employment testing.

The WorkSTEPS® test may not be performed until the employer has made a conditional job offer and must be completed before the individual begins work.  WorkSTEPS® functional employment testing will lower your worker’s compensation claims and create a safer, more productive workplace.  The Post-Offer Basic Test takes approximately two hours or less to complete.  The following diagram shows the process for the WorkSTEPS®:

Testing Process

This test may be expanded at the clinician’s discretion to quantify the extent of any pre-existing deficits. The test provides baseline information that may be used at a later date by employers, insurers, and/or medical providers to establish pre-injury status.  By going through the WorkSTEPS® program, we can see if the employee is a safe and cooperative worker, and we will pass that information to the employer as well.  The technicians here at Employee On-Boarding will teach the employee the proper way to perform lifts without injury, up to an average of 100 pounds, and to use that safe method throughout the lifts being performed.  We will also teach the employee how to turn their torso, and maneuver around objects, etc. all without hurting their backs.

Companies that have started using the WorkSTEPS® program have had significant and immediate results in reductions on worker’s compensation claims - up to a 50% reduction in some cases, and it continued thereafter.  All the tests are medically-safe, legally compliant, scientific and objective, and specifically designed to match a worker’s functional capabilities to the job performed. And all technicians who perform the tests are trained by WorkSTEPS®.

Ever thought about something like this for your company?  Give us a call and we can give you information on how to get into the WorkSTEPS® program.  This program isn’t just for your employees that are doing heavy lifting, but is for anyone in the office from the receptionist to the CEO of the company.  WorkSTEPS® has programs for ergonomics as well as for heavy lifting and drivers.

Information in this article was taken from www.worksteps.com.