Since the current heat wave began on July 11, Cal/OSHA has conducted 167 inspections of outdoor workplaces identifying over 200 violations while checking for compliance to the heat illness prevention regulations. Gaining compliance from employers is the goal to successfully reducing the number of illnesses and fatalities for all outdoor workers across the state. [...]
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Training ALL your employees to know injury procedures before a work-related injury occurs – just as you would plan a fire drill – is instrumental in holding down your company’s workers’ compensation costs. [...] The newest member of our professional team, Nurse Practitioner, Beth Soderberg has an extensive background and interest in communicable diseases and she always has up-to-date information on swine flu vaccinations for Santa Maria, CA residents and businesses. [...] The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted on its Web site a Spanish-language version of the qualified medical evaluator (QME) panel request form for unrepresented employees, including instructions on how to use Form 105 [...] The World Health Organization (WHO) says the H1N1 flu is the fastest-moving pandemic ever, [...] Paperwork is driving up health care costs by as much as $9 billion annually in California, according to a public interest group that suggests physicians and insurers spend way too much time on processing insurance claims [...] Supervisors are the front-line reporters of work-related injuries and accidents and bear the primary responsibility for making sure employees perform post-injury response procedures in accordance with the employer’s workers’ compensation policies. [...] The Obama administration’s plans to move forward with a technology driven “medical home” initiative as part of overall efforts to reform the nation’s health care system is generating speculation about potential long-term impacts on the practice of occupational medicine. [...] When we launched our eLetter, “Central Coast Industrial Care News,” last May we didn’t anticipate how much news, discussion and employer resources that our subscribers would find useful. A lot more than we could fit into a monthly newsletter … at least more than most would want to scroll through onscreen! That’s what inspired us to launch [...] |
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