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publishing workers' compensation details

Laura_LLaura_L 11 Posts
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Is there a risk if we were to publish details about a workers' compensation incident in an effort to inform employees and managers about the risks associates with similar incidents?


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  • Richard SRichard S 23 Posts
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    It depends how it is phrased. I would, and have, used the safety meeting to empart what "could" happen to employees that fail to follow proper safey rules in that situation. Then follow it up with the tag line "and it has happened that way before". Generalizations not the specifit details of a certain persons accident.


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  • CuriousGCuriousG 124 Posts
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    I would be very careful, but I have used "live rounds" when doing safety training. You want to eliminate names, or change them and stick to a general discussion of the incident (cause and effect, contributing factors)and the results. We have even posted "Safety Alerts" that gave a general description of an incident without naming names, or discussing medical conditions. These can be important when a hazard is one that is general and inherent to the work place or work process.
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