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Presentations / AIHce
Each year, WorkCare participates in the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce), a premier conference and exposition for occupational and environmental health and safety professionals. As experts in occupational and environmental health and safety, our board-certified physicians have also been selected to speak at the national conference for the past four consecutive years. The following presentations have been presented by WorkCare at AIHce:
2009
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The Injury/Illness Management Audit: Ferreting Out Stubborn Systemic Problems to Improve Product Outcomes
This presentation describes how injury/illness management can be assessed and broadly applied to close many safety process gaps in diverse industries. Using a method developed by a certified industrial hygienist and an occupational physician, this process uses specific metrics to rate injury/illness management categories and will provide a system for improving safety management categories and will provide a system for improving safety management and reducing risk through corrective and preventive action (CAPA), helping you to identify strengths and weaknesses in your program.
Peter P. Greaney, M.D., WorkCare, Inc.
Glenn Ingraham, MS, CIH, Watson Pharmaceuticals
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2008
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Stretch and Flex Program: Enhancing Employee Health While Reducing Work-Related Injuries
In the construction industry, work is often strenuous and physically demanding, requiring employees to be "industrial athletes." An engineering construction company with more than 25,000 employees developed a Stretch & Flex program to help employees maintain physical health and reduce work-related injuries. In its fourth year, the program has demonstrated positive trends in reducing the frequency and costs of soft tissue injuries. This presentation covers the program's evolution --- from concept, assessment of job risk factors to implementation, outreach and metrics.
Peter P. Greaney, M.D., WorkCare, Inc.
William Piispanen, CIH, CSP, Washington Division of URS
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2007
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10 Pitfalls to Injury/Illness Management: Company & Medical Practices that can Impede Return-to-Work Efforts
A company's safety culture can be a significant factor in avoiding or minimizing lost time associated with work-related injuries/illnesses. However, embedded company procedures, medical provider practices and the "medicalization" of employee work failures can impede return-to-work processes.
This presentation by a certified industrial hygienist and occupational health physician provides industry-wide case examples of how institutionalized organizational practices, medical provider bias and protocols, and employee behavior can derail even the most safety-conscious workforce and impact a company's lost work time performance.
Peter P. Greaney, M.D., WorkCare, Inc.
Gary Beswick, CIH, EarthTech, Inc.
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2006
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Auditing Your Occupational Health Program to Improve Safety Management
Industrial hygiene and safety professionals are frequently charged with responsibility for and/or coordination with corporate occupational health (OH) programs. Such programs are historically rooted in the institution, and thus peculiar to that company/site. Nonetheless, there are universal requirements that all OH programs must meet. A formal audit of your occupational health program assesses the effectiveness of these requirements and provides a method for improving safety management and reducing risk, as demonstrated by real-life audit findings and associated action plans.
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2006
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Accident Prone or Unfit for Duty? Update on Assessing Fitness-for-Duty in a Medical-Legal Framework
Health and safety managers are frequently presented with an employee who appears to be impaired, either by nature or frequency of injury, unsafe or peculiar behavior, or other signs. Such matters can pose significant workplace safety and legal issues. In this medical-legal update, an occupational physician and labor/employment attorney present methods for addressing this problem. The safety impact of impaired workers, methods of identification, and strategies for effectively dealing with this problem are presented with real-life examples.
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2005
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Injury Prone or Unfit for Duty? Fitness for Duty Evaluations (FFD)
Safety managers are frequently presented with an employee or contractor who appears to be possibly impaired, either by nature or frequency of injury, unsafe or peculiar behavior, or other signs of incapacitation. This brings danger to both the safety of the worksite as well as to the legal situation. The safety impact of impaired workers, methods of identification, and strategies for effectively dealing with this problem are presented with real-life examples.
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2005
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A NIOSH Recognized Model: Bridging the Gap Between Occupational and Non-Occupational Medicine Practices to Improve Employee Health
Employers have made progress in preventing work-related illness/injury and disability by promoting personal health responsibility. Despite this success, there has been a disconnect between occupational and non-occupational health initiatives, as progress in the area of workplace health/safety and personal wellness has been achieved independently. To bridge this disconnect, employers are using a synergistic approach that uses the worksite as an axis to promote health, safety, and well being across the work-life continuum. This model was recognized by NIOSH in 2004.
Peter P. Greaney, M.D., WorkCare, Inc.
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