Worksite International
1213 Miles Avenue Pacific Grove, CA 93950
phone: 831-648-8724
fax: 831-648-8330
toll free: 888-288-4463
Employer Services
Worksite International offers a wide range of products and services designed to help organizations implement effective ergonomics and worker's compensation programs, meet compliance with various regulations, and boost productivity. We offer customized programs to meet your individual organizations' goals, philosophies and needs. Worksite International can help you achieve your injury prevention and disability management goals. Call us today at 888.288.4463 to see how Worksite International can help your company.
As
a core component of most safety and
ergonomic regulations, employers need to
determine the extent of the risk factors and
other pertinent issues. This is best done through
ergonomic worksite analysis or other critical
evaluations to identify the relationship between
the worker and the work environment.
Our analyses are put into an objective reliable
and accurate format to serve as a medical legal
document when necessary and as a plan of action
for in-house changes.
Ergonomic Worksite Analysis: Three Levels
Worksite International offers three levels of individual Ergonomic Worksite Analyses to choose from that go beyond your in-house safety or employee health services.
Our Level I- Preventive Evaluation is designed for new hires and employees without any significant signs or symptoms. Our effective 15 point ANSI derived checklist reviews all essential components of an ergonomically correct workstation in 30 minutes. Products that are needed are identified and recommended. Employees receive brief education and are provided with job aides to remind them of proper workstation ergonomics. Onsite reporting is available immediately upon completion of the service giving you "just in time" information to respond effectively to employee needs.
Our Level II—Brief Ergonomic Evaluation and Report is designed for early symptom management (prevention) and/or medical only claims and is a more formal report of relevant findings and control measures provided to the employer onsite upon completion of the service. A typed written report is available upon request to the adjuster, physician or other. This is usually a 60-90 minute evaluation.
Our Level III—Comprehensive Ergonomic Worksite Analysis and Report is a more comprehensive evaluation designed for difficult workers’ compensation cases that have both medical and indemnity associated with them. This is usually a 2-2.5 hour evaluation with extensive reporting that will stand up to medical/legal scrutiny as a valid and objective report.
Worksite International also provides ergonomic analysis for department focused groups, tasks or job processes. We are able to analyze basic office to highly technical environments in biotech, biopharmaceutical, high technology, medical and many other industries.
To request an on-site evaluation download a work request form from our resources page (click here).
Technical Analysis: Worksite International has been performing technical ergonomic worksite analysis since our inception to assist our non-office based clients. This analysis covers material handling, assembly processes, complex work environments, biopharmaceutical processes, clinical laboratory environments and other technical work environments that involve material handling, hand assembly work, repetitive manual tasks, high visual demands and other exposures to workers. We use validated ergonomic tools from University backed research such as NIOSH, RULA, Strain Index, REBA and HAL to validate our findings and recommendations. Our expertise in technical report writing combined with our "turn-key" approach provides you with a comprehensive study that allows you and your support staff to implement the recommendations in a timely manner so that you can achieve the goals you set out to by reducing injuries and improving productivity.
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Facility Planning with Ergonomics
Facility planning is a systematic approach for developing the physical
setting of an organization or institution. Changing the way space is used
affects the way staff works and feels. The efficiency and effectiveness of
the staff ultimately affects the health and profitability of your business. It
helps an organization manage one of its most important assets, the space it
occupies.
This service looks at how the physical setting supports (or hinders) its goals,
objectives and daily activities. In addition, the planning can anticipate and
substantially reduce the risk of injuries to your workers with the integration
of ergonomics into the plan.
Before you renovate, let Worksite International assist you with your preliminary facility
plans to achieve the kind of physical environment you need.
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ADA Reasonable Accommodation Assessment
Our goal at Worksite International is to assist both the employer and the employee in
resolving these highly sensitive and specialized issues regarding disability.
We help you find all reasonable accommodations so that your employees
can return to gainful employment with their disability without undue
hardship or fear of direct threat to you or them. This service helps you
avoid ADA Title I violations and subsequent lawsuits filed under the
CA FEHA and EEOC, while creating a win/win situation for both
parties. In addition, Worksite International's medical legal reports are defensible
should your case unfortunately proceed to arbitration or court.
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Ergonomics Process Performance Audit
Government compliance with safety and health programs is a concern for many
of today's organizations. With the recent changes in Cal-OSHA's RMI standard
encompassing all employers in California, the proposed Federal OSHA
Ergonomics regulation expected in 2001 and Washington state as well as
North Carolina releasing their own compliance standards, employers need
to be assured that their programs meet the criteria in theses standards.
Worksite International offers a comprehensive performance based Ergonomics Process
Audit that reviews all the essential elements required relative to the current state of your program
and provides you with an objective measurable score that you can improve
over time. We can then further assist you in meeting compliance once your
areas of need are identified.
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Recent changes in work trends in the 90's have prompted many employers to
change their work practices and allow employees to work from their own
home offices. This however does not exempt the employer from OSHA
regulations at the employee's home. We'll go on-site or assist the employees
in auditing their home office. We evaluate the ergonomics of the home office
and perform a general safety inspection to provide you with the assurance
and recommendations you need to support a strong telecommuter policy.
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Job Description Development/Job Analysis
Worksite International
has been providing ADA compliant job descriptions to
businesses for over 9 years to assist with hiring employees, placement of
employees, developing pre-hire screening programs and for Return to Work
programs. Our job descriptions identify the purpose of the job, essential
and marginal functions, knowledge and skill requirements, physical and
mental demands as well as environmental exposures for explicit documentation
of job requirements. In addition, we are objective in our process through
our exclusive format that includes interview, site measures and consensus
building so that you are assured of the most accurate job description
possible.
Our training programs are designed
for up to
25 participants and range from a short, 1-2
hour program to a half or full day workshop
as well as extended customized training
programs.
Our customized back safety training classes will guarantee you results
based on our unique training process. We know how difficult it is to get
your workers to change their unsafe work behaviors. Many times, workers
are not even aware that they are practicing unsafely or putting themselves
at risk. That's why we offer customized, participatory classes that involve
your workers and their supervisors in the education and training process from
start to finish. Best of all, our instructors are experts in preventing work
injuries and keeping your workers safe and you in compliance with
California safety regulations.
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Executive Seminars For Managers and Supervisors
Injury prevention, ergonomics and disability management is an internal
process that allows you to actually take control of your workers'
compensation claims and costs instead of giving it away to your healthcare
providers and insurance company. Through a variety of well thought out
strategies, managers and supervisors are in a better position to respond
appropriately to work injuries, avoiding the possibility of litigation or citations.
Training includes understanding the work injury process, responding to
the first minutes of the injury and providing assistance to employees
with early signs and symptoms or work injury.
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Ergonomics Workshop For Office, Laboratory Or Industrial Workers
Our Ergonomics Workshops are customized based on the participants job tasks and work environment. We develop our objectives to match the work routines, materials handled and tasks peformed by your employees and also assure you Cal-OSHA compliance based on the 5110 guidelines for prevention of repetitive motion. Our highly rated workshops explain the
concept of ergonomics to your workers and how it applies to them in
the office, laboratory or industrial environment. In addition, the program explains
the risk factors that lead to repetitive motion or cumulative trauma.
Early warning signs and symptoms are explained with a pro-active
approach to encourage workers to take care of themselves before their
symptoms worsen or they feel the need to file a workers' compensation
claim. Strong emphasis is placed on setting up the work area correctly and using all ergonomic equipment effectively to include the chair/stool, keyboard tray, keyboard/mouse, monitor, documents and other essential tools. Our lab ergonomics class offers specific training on pipette use, microscope and bio-safety hood use. The class includes safe work practices, easy stretches to perform in the workplace and other self- care methods.
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"Evaluating Your Workplace" Office Ergonomics Workshop
Our "Evaluating Your Workplace" Workshop takes a strong participatory
approach to ergonomics in the office environment. In this workshop,
employees actually perform their own worksite analysis and rate seven
criteria in their work environment. Employees learn the importance of the
relationship between themselves and their workstation. This workshop
emphasizes how to arrange the work station to minimize the risk factors
in the workplace and offers low cost alternatives to buying new equipment.
Once completed, the employer has a baseline assessment to plan
ergonomic interventions in the future. This workshop uses the Ergonomics
Participatory Evaluation Tools and can be done online or using hard
copy tools.
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Participatory Ergonomics Workshop
This highly successful workshop combines the lecture format of the RMI
prevention workshop with training for your employees to evaluate their
own workstations. After the two hour training employees evaluate their
work areas using our participatory evaluation tool. Employees rate their
concerns and make practical changes immediately following the training.
Data collected is interpreted for management to better understand the
department's prioritized ergonomic needs and concerns for future
program and budget development.
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Developing an Ergonomics Process
This 2, 3 or 4 day training program is offered at your site to assist you
with starting up your ergonomics process using your ergonomics task force. We wrote the book on developing an ergonomics process, literally!
It features:
Team development (optional)
Performing ergonomic worksite analysis
Solution development
Managing workplace injuries through prevention
Employee Training
Roles and responsibilities of team for office, material handling
and laboratory.
Selecting Ergonomic Products and Tools
Measuring Outcomes
This program uses "Your Guide To Developing An Ergonomics Process"
Kit as the primary training tool.
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"Train the Evaluator" Ergonomics Workshop
Many companies do not desire a formalized team approach to ergonomics.
As a result, we have taken the core analysis system of our process guide,
"Your Guide to Developing an Ergonomics Process" and created a
customized in-house workshop focusing on training onsite evaluators only.
The courses range from 1-3 days in length and provide ergonomic theory
and practice, participatory exercises, real-life examples and an ergonomics
laboratory for employees to gain hands on experience in performing an
ergonomic worksite analysis upon completion of the course.
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Professional Consultation
Establishing an ergonomics process or disability
management program can be quite a challenge for
any organization. Worksite International offers consultation
services to assist you in the development and
implementation of your policies and procedures
to support your programs. We can assist you
onsite on a weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual
basis for up to a full day at a time. Our consultation
services are customized to meet the individual
needs of our clients. Additional on-site specialized
services are available upon request.
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Alison Heller-Ono's credentials as a licensed physical therapist, certified industrial
Ergonomist and Certified Disability Analyst can assist you in difficult legal cases
pertaining to work injury and disability accommodation. Alison has a thorough
understanding of ADA Title 1 and it's implication with workers' compensation
cases. Through the use of the ADA Reasonable Accommodation Analysis
or an Ergonomic Worksite Analysis as well as a review of the medical file and other
pertinent issues, Ms. Heller is able to provide the expert testimony you need
to win your case or know whether you should settle out of court.
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Custom
Chair and Workstation Fitting
Our custom chair and workstation
fitting program is provided by one of our highly trained Ergonomists to help
you select the right product the first time. Whether you are looking for product
for yourself, or for a department re-design, this service is the right choice. We
will fit you based on your body size and work practices and provide you with the
product information and vendor connection you need to be "ergonomically
correct". Call today
to set up your custom chair and workstation fitting.
Return
to Work and Disability Management Program Development
Workers' compensation rates and associated costs continue to sky rocket and there is no end in sight. The best way for employers to save money today in workers compensation is through an aggressive Return to Work and Disability Management Program. Too many employers let go of the control by believing the insurance adjusters and physicians will manager their claims for them. Unfortunately, this promise by the insurer is hard to keep. In today's workers' compensation world, the employer is in the best position to manage their own claims to reduce costs and assure the employee's case ends up the best way possible...closed and without an attorney. Worksite International assists employers with innovative, quality management practices that are legally sound and fair to both the employer and employee fostering fast and effective return to work. We assist you in understanding the best way to manage your cases with the help of your insurance company and the physician providing strategies that assure you reduced costs and claims. Benefits will be achieved immediately and into subsequent premium years. Your company can't afford not to be aggressive when it comes to workers' compensation. Let Worksite International assist you through better policies, procedures and the integration of ergonomics into your disability management program.
