Work cover injuries
How to handle work cover for employee injuries
Would you like to handle work cover injuries more effectively in your workplace?
As an employer, your staff are your company’s biggest asset. When workplace injuries happen to a staff member, it puts a strain on your resources. It costs time and money to temporarily or permanently replace staff. Keeping your workers loyal and happy creates a win-win situation. So how do you show that you have concern for your workers health and safety. Injury management and early intervention programs can help with this. For starters, you can train your staff in ergonomic guidelines and anatomical principles. An occupational therapist provides you with everything to handle work cover injuries. This includes everything from management programs to medical assessments for a safe workplace.
Services that an occupational therapist can help with
Navigating work cover injuries can be hard for an employer to handle on their own. An occupational therapist can connect you with the right services you need. You don’t have to waste time trying to organise everything yourself. An occupational therapist can help your employees with the following services:
- Physiotherapy
- Psychology
- Exercise psychology
- Adjusting to injury counselling
- Overcoming return to work barriers
- Early intervention after workplace injury
- Manual handling training
- Risk assessments
- Medical assessments
When your staff know they have access to all the right services it will help them feel secure. It’ll also keep you compliant with relevant occupational health and safety laws.
Take the hassle out of processing work cover injuries
Submitting insurance and compensation claims for work cover injuries can be complex. The applicant needs to gather all the relevant details and documentation. Once submitted, a claim needs to be thoroughly assessed. It takes time before a claim is potentially approved. An occupational therapist can help guide you through the process. This takes a lot of the hassle out of the paperwork involved with workplace injuries. Your employees need compassion and support when claiming work cover injuries. By choosing to use occupational therapy services, you’re taking good care of your staff. This allows you to focus on managing your company.
Prevent work cover injuries from happening in the first place
Work cover injuries are a serious matter impacting your company and your employees. It’s crucial that your staff feel safe in the workplace. An occupational therapist can help your workers with injury prevention. Doing what you can to keep your workers safe is best for everyone. One of the benefits is that it will reduce disruption to your business. This means your company can keep on track with planned projections. Injury prevention will also help to improve staff morale. People want to feel safe and happy at work. So they can enjoy the lifestyle that comes from being active in the workplace.
This is the most common reason for work cover injuries
A number of different work cover injuries are documented in Australia every year. But musculoskeletal disorders in particular are a common problem. Are you following best practises for musculoskeletal health and safety in the workplace? Doing what you can to reduce musculoskeletal injury will benefit your company. It’ll help create better attendance records for staff. They won’t have to be absent from work due to muscle stresses and strains. Employers have the responsibility to protect their employees from muscular skeletal issues. You must train your staff to position and move their body in safe ways. Whether your staff push, pull or carry objects as part of their job duties…Or they work with their body and objects in other ways… Your employees must be aware of the correct ways to manoeuvre. An occupational therapist can help with all things related to musculoskeletal issues.
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