Safety Consulting Services

Some work-related injuries are avoidable if proper risk management steps are implemented. Identifying the problem usually isn’t difficult. The challenge is coming up with a solution to it. Our specialists work with each company to identify problems and come up with solutions based on the company’s goals and budget.

Fees for safety consulting services are subject to change without a written contract and are based on whether the senior consultant provides the service directly or a licensed physical therapist provides the service under the supervision of the senior consultant.

Ergonomic Prevention Program

Ergonomic Prevention Programs work with employers to not only return employees to work after an injury but to also provide preventative services. By working on site with each client, prevention and education needs can be easily assessed. Production line workers, office staff and management can benefit from these programs, which are tailored to each group. Programs may include back safety and ergonomics and/or instruction on how to identify potential problems in the workplace.

Injury Prevention Training

This advanced, customized, 60-minute, classroom-style presentation, taught by a qualified physical therapist who specializes in workplace-injury prevention, covers pre-work stretching routines that are appropriate for general job-related tasks. The presentation also discusses stressful tasks and how to minimize the risk of injury when performing them. Class size is limited to 25, four-class maximum per day.

The intermediate version of this class is shortened to 30 minutes, so a maximum of six classes per day is possible. The intermediate class focuses on job hazards, job-specific stretching routines and injury-prevention training. The basic version of the class is a 20-minute stretching class that follows a CD.

Functional Capacity Evaluations

A functional capacity evaluation measures an employee’s tolerance to physical demands such as sitting, standing, lifting and repetitive hand movement and helps determine his or her readiness for work. The evaluation takes about 3.5 hours to complete and is administered by a therapist. A partial FCE can also be administered with a physician’s order to determine an employee’s readiness for select job functions.

Job Placement Assessments

Employees have the right to work in a safe and productive environment. The BHS team can help you achieve these goals with its comprehensive, customized job-assessment services. Whether you’re trying to address a particular concern or simply looking for ways to improve productivity, we can help.

Job-Risk Assessments

This assessment, conducted with video assistance, results in a report that provides risk scores for various body parts that are analyzed under the categories of posture, velocity, repetition, duration and force in regard to ergonomic risk assessment. Photos and a video may be included with the report for those findings that require immediate attention.

A more basic form of this assessment includes a review of the job in question offered by the client to a RediMed consultant who observes the situation in question. The client simply takes notes when the RediMed consultant offers recommendations. RediMed will not produce a report.

Functional Job Descriptions

The result of this analysis is a standardized, protected Excel spreadsheet report that rates the physical demands of more than 60 items. This report can be used to communicate a job’s demands to a new employee, a temporary agency, a treating physician or possibly, in litigation for a work-related disability case. The fee for the assessment is based on one task and one employee on any single day. A two-hour version of this analysis, a Train-the-Trainer course, is also available.