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How OHS Reduces Recordable Injuries
June 17, 2024OHS helps reduce OSHA recordable incidents for approximately 95% of their clients. This significant reduction is mainly achieved by minimizing the need for therapy and medication. When therapy is involved, it typically becomes an OSHA recordable incident. Early intervention is crucial; the sooner an injury is reported to OHS, the more likely it can be managed with basic first aid and over-the-counter medications, thus avoiding the need for recordable treatments like therapy or muscle relaxants. Establishing prompt communication with OHS about any injury allows for effective and timely care, keeping incidents non-reportable whenever possible. This proactive approach is particularly important for specific injuries, such as eye injuries, where immediate attention can prevent escalation and maintain non-reportable status.
95% of clients reduction recordables
Transcript: Well, when they go to PT, it’s an OSHA recordable. And so many of, I will say, 95% of our clients see a significant reduction in OSHA recordables. One, because of medication. Two, because of therapy. Therapy is probably number one, and medication is number two. If an employer waits to bring somebody to us, sometimes you have to give them the medication to muscle relax or something, you know. So, the sooner they communicate with us, the more likely it is to be a non-recordable.
How OHS minimizes recordable injuries
Transcript: When we have a good relationship with them, they know the sooner that we can see an employee that’s been injured, that we minimize the issues at that point. They can always call us to say, this happened, what should I do? It could be, and we want to keep it as first aid as much as possible, and so if they have a question on what they should do, should we go to the ER, should we come to the clinic, should we just wait a day or two? Obviously with eye injuries, you want to see them immediately so we can minimize what the effect will be to keep it non-reportable. Anything else, the sooner that we can have knowledge of the injury, see the employee, the more likely it is to be minimized on the treatment part.