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Employee Maintenance Center Case Study Published by The Journal of Workers Compensation
Kimberly-Clark, Conway, AR
In 2005, Kimberly-Clark’s Conway, Arkansas, manufacturing facility launched a pilot program with InjuryFree, Inc., to reduce musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace, particularly those injuries resulting from microtrauma and repetitive stress. After three years of continuous program operation, injuries and related costs at the Conway facility have shown a significant and steady decline.
By the end of the third year, 64 percent of the plant’s employees had utilized EMC services at least once that year, and fully 88 percent had used the EMC at least once during the three-year span. At the time of this writing, The plant has not experienced an injury for over 180 days — a record for the facility.
Employee Maintenance Center Case Study Published by OH&S Magazine
Kimberly-Clark, Conway & Maumelle, AR
Kimberly-Clark’s Conway, Ark., plant reduced its musculoskeletal incidents by 50 percent following installation of an on-site Employee Maintenance Center (EMC). Improvements in reportable incident rates have continued each year since the EMC launched in 2004. At a sister plant 20 miles down the road in Maumelle, reportable incidents fell from eight to zero in the year following the launch of its center.
Judy Garrett, K-C Conway Employee“Oh, I love it. InjuryFree keeps me going. These (EMC) people do wonders. I go home at night and my husband goes on and on about his aches and pains from his job. I just smile. He says, 'You got a treatment today, didn't you?' I just nod and smile. He's so jealous. The place he works doesn't have anything like InjuryFree.”
Employee Maintenance Center Case Study Published by Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark, Everett, WA
For the first few years after K-C acquired the Everett mill, workers’ compensation costs held steady. Then, at the end of 2002, the mill tallied it’s annual workers’ comp outlay and the result looked like a computation error: costs had plummeted in just 12 months… What could possibly lead to such a dramatic drop in on-the-job injuries and, thus, workers’ compensation costs?
Dave Faddis, K-C Everett Mill Manager“We have unsolicited feedback from employees saying it's the best thing the company has ever done for them…”
“The longer we work with InjuryFree the more useful applications we're finding.”
