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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.
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.
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?
We maintain our machines, equipment and facilities to ensure efficiency of operations and to avoid interruptions in business. What about our employees? Would maintaining them not yield the same benefits and produce an ROI? At InjuryFree, we believe so… Imagine…
Many companies have adopted the twelve hour work shift as a means to maximize efficiency and productivity. From the reduction of downtime associated with shift changes to the enhanced ability to run a 24-7 operation, the twelve hour work shift…
Industrial wellness involves maintaining employees’ health from a preventative standpoint rather than managing the impact of work place injuries re-actively. In considering if a wellness program is right for your organization, “where to begin” can certainly be daunting. For starters,…
While it is InjuryFree’s mission that workplace injuries be prevented entirely there are times when injuries do occur. The intention of all parties involved with the injured worker’s claim is that the employee returns to work as soon as is…
A growing trend in addressing work place injuries involves the use of on site physical therapy services. The benefits of on site physical therapy are many and are geared towards reducing work place injuries. As part of its on site…
Just as professional sports teams go to great lengths to keep their players healthy, so too should companies take measures to keep their industrial athletes healthy.? Like the professional athlete, the industrial athlete is often subject to exceedingly high physical…
The Employee Maintenance Center’s primary objective has always been to reduce the cost and incidence of work injuries by increasing the physical capacity of employees to do their job functions. In 2011 the EMCs will not only offer the muscular-skeletal…
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