The data on worker safety paints a clear picture. A worker is injured on the job every seven seconds, according to the National Safety Council, adding up to nearly 3 million injured workers in one year.

The impact of each injury upon industry includes workplace disruptions, loss in productivity, and numerous costs including workers compensation and litigation.

And let’s look at the well-being of employees! Not only can injuries result in long-term or even permanent disability; the emotional and financial toll can be significant as the Employee/Patient tries to navigate through the insurance and medical conundrums. Treatment requires multiple visits to clinics, testing facilities or hospitals. This model of ‘Employee Health’ is not only inefficient for employers and employees, it is very costly.

Those issues, and more, have led to a growing need: Employers increasingly prefer to have employees met where they are, on the job site, with contractors offering pre-injury prevention interventions and illness-abating programs. By offering in-house prevention of injury and illness programs as well as treatment for injuries, Employers can support their workers in a much more healthful yet cost effective way.

This model creates an atmosphere of teamwork and cooperation for the therapist as the contractor. Working around employees and patients on site offers the therapist insight into their daily work routine. This includes not only the job’s physical requirements, but the employee’s specific complexities such as balance instability, musculoskeletal joint pain/weaknesses or blood pressure concerns. This model is a strong facilitator for forming additional valuable contract services and relationships.

Practicing on site offers versatility and expansion of your staff’s skills. It also offers the ability to be compensated with fair per-hour agreed upon ‘Employer Self Pay’ reimbursement for many of your services. The setting provides the perfect springboard to launch new illness and injury prevention programs specific to your staff’s expertise. And gives insight for future staff development. Annual assessments of physical abilities can aid in injury prevention, and ongoing workshops can expand upon this concept. And when an injury occurs, you are already in place.

By moving into on-site work and following this model, Injury Prevention Therapists become more integrated into the Employer/Employee team. Employers save time and money. Employees are healthier and happier. Therapists get fully paid – on time. NO BEGGING!!! It’s a WIN all the way around!