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I only wish I did. Two ct cases last year and a complaint of one this year from a fork truck driver. #-o
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Livin, it sounds like you are a very compassionate HR professional who truly cares for the ee’s you serve. You have done a noble deed in attempting to contact him through relatives, talking with him, contacting your EAP and considering approving FM…
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In a conversation with a DOL employee last year I was told that if one of our ee’s goes to a health care provider and is issued a prescription that is considered continued care and no matter how much time is missed it would qualify under FML. The i…
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OK, but on the FML fact sheet under 2(a)(2) it states, "Absence Plus Treatment, Treatment by a health care provider on at least one occasion which results in a regimen of continuing treatment under the supervision of the health care provider.” A fo…
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It seems to me that you need a good working relationship with your comp doctor. The one we use knows that our philosophy is to begin treatment for an injury in a conservative manner, if appropriate for the injury in question. Then we let the Dr. a…
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Do you have a D& A policy in place and if so does it address post accident testing? If this occurred in my work place we would have had the individual tested according to our post accident policy. We always have a manager accompany the ee to t…
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From the DOL KANSAS Workers' Compensation State law denies compensation when an injury, disability or death was contributed to by the employee's use or consumption of alcohol or any drugs, including but not limited to, any drugs or medications wh…
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I don't know about an annual requirement but as a best practice it is a good idea. Try looking in CFR 1910.132 [url]http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=9777[/url]
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Here is some language from OSHA along with a link. Additional guidance Question 31-1. How is the term"supervised" in section 1904.31 defined for the purpose of determining whether the host employer must record the work-related injuries and illness…
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Isn't this typical of OSHA, if you read the regs a little further in 1904.5(b)(2)(vii), if this ee had been hit by a motor vehicle in the lot it would not be a recording event! That doesn't mean that it wouldn't be a WC case, just not recordable on…
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I did allow this as FML after contacting the DOL and hearing their answer, and, of course, with the help of my Forum Friends, thanks.
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Welcome back Christy. Oh no, now I have the theme song to Welcome back Kotter in my head. By the way, great looking kids on the other thread!
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Could this be why Christy Reeder is not at MLS anymore?
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Sometimes I have a brain burp and I guess this was one of those times. As I stated in #3 above I have sent the FML forms and patiently waiting out the time frame for their return. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of WC abuse because in …
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Ouch.
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He gets right on the edge of the cliff ready to take the plunge then backs off and starts to come to work when scheduled. We track % unavailability and our trigger for discipline is when an ee reaches 2.5% unavailability for the month and for the y…
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I guess I would need a little more information. Just a WC denial does not necessarily mean the event was not work related or that it should or shouldn't be recorded. Don't get me wrong, I am not the type to record an event on the 300 log just to r…
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We used to have one heavy item in our warehouse environment and we had a policy that required back braces to lift this product. We provided the PPE and if not used we issued discipline. That product is no longer here so the policy is gone also. I…
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Our plant rules specify immediate reporting of injuries and when that does not occur we follow progressive discipline. I believe that is penalty enough.
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If you havn't already please check your in-box. Welcome to the Forum.
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Have you looked at the root cause of the repetitive motions and is there a way to engineer some of the repetitiveness out of the equation?
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Concerning the back injury it looks from the post that he did complain to the ER doc during the initial visit and that is probably why the WC carrier is paying for the back claim. As others have stated let the attnys handle this. You could have a …
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As a suggestion you could go to the OSHA web site and put in your SIC code. From there print our any fines given to similar companies and ask upper management if the company can afford the fines. Also ask them if they are prepared for an OSHA insp…
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There is a 24-hour window for those exposed to H-B who have not been vaccinated. If this occurs take the exposed ee to your physician and they can be treated for the exposure.
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I would need more information as to the extent of any injury received and verified by a health care professional. Have you conducted any monitoring of the workplace for the ppm of CO? What in the environment is giving off CO and can you control it…
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I agree with Don D and Whatever. It sounds as if this manager has a safety culture issue and the problem is deeper than a no-shoes-after-hours thing. I am a firm believer that if top line managers do not set the standard then how can we expect any…
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Look at the plant safety culture from TOP to bottom. No incentive will change the culture if managers and supervisors do not buy-in to the safety process. Start there and work your way to the rest of the workforce to determine what the safety cult…
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We use a couple of incentive programs in our non-union manufacturing environment that work very well. The first is based on safe work days set at 75 days from our last OSHA incident. Every 75 days the reward is increased by $25 and paid to ee's in…