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Injury Management Services play an integral part in reducing workplace injuries.
Workplace injuries:
A healthy workforce will eliminate many of these factors.
Health & Injury Prevention Australia (HIPA) specialise in Injury Management Services.
Our Onsite Physiotherapy and Return to Work Solutions will target these problems.
Increase Workers’ Compensation Claims and Insurance Premiums
Decrease Productivity
Increase Lost time due to Injury (LTI’s)
Increase Labour Replacement Costs
Increase Staff Absenteeism
Affect Staff Morale and Workplace Culture
Onsite Physiotherapy
HIPA’s Onsite Physiotherapy service is a proven approach to early management and prevention of work related injuries.
Physiotherapists have a unique skill set which enables them to assist in treating musculoskeletal injuries.
Manual Workforces have numerous musculoskeletal injuries, primarily in the lower back and shoulder regions. This is due to the manual handling that is required by employees to complete work tasks.
Knowledge of biomechanics and anatomy
Injury Management skills
Highly developed observational skills of human posture and movement
Network of medical professionals and being a first contact practitioner
Benefits of having HIPA’s Onsite Physiotherapy:
Injuries may often have lengthy rehabilitation times as well as be a financial strain to the company due to onerous Return to Work and Workcover issues.
The early detection of injuries leads to earlier management and treatment. Having a physiotherapist onsite helps assist this process and employees and employers benefit greatly. Employees requiring physiotherapy need not travel unnecessarily and take time off work to attend appointments.
Monitoring injured employees onsite also helps streamline the referral process to other Health Practitioners (ie: Surgical Consultations, Rehabilitation and/or Counselling). Employees can be directed to more appropriate means of treatment more efficiently.
Another benefit of Onsite Physiotherapy is that our HIPA consultants can liaise directly with Occupational Health and Safety Staff and Return to Work Coordinators. This improves communication and simplifies the Return Work process for both worker and employer.
Early intervention and triage of workplace injuries.
Immediate Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment of injuries.
Increased control over return to work procedures.
Reduced Lost Time Injuries (LTI’s).
Reduced Labour Replacement Costs (LRC’s).
Reduced employee absenteeism.
Minimise workcover claims and insurance premium costs.
Minimise losses in worker productivity.
Improved employee morale and well-being.
Return to Work
Our HIPA Consultants have considerable experience in Return to Work (RTW) programs.
This service works well with the Onsite Physiotherapy service that HIPA offers.
HIPA works in conjunction with the Return to Work Administrative staff and the injured worker to streamline the process to their pre-injury duties.
From assessing an injured worker’s functional capacity to implementing a modified return to work program, HIPA Consultants are always at hand to fast-track this process.
Job Analysis and Worksite Assessments can also be completed by HIPA to assist in an injured worker’s successful return to work.