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TIP OF THE MONTH
May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month.
Below are some tips to help lower your blood
pressure:
1) Lose Weight
2) Exercise
3) Eat A Healthy Diet
4) Limit Alcohol Consumption
5) Avoid Tobacco Products
6) Cut Back on Caffeine
7) Reduce Stress
8) Get Regular Health Care
If you are interested in holding quarterly blood
pressure clinics at your company please give your
WCORHA sales reps a call for more information. Ami
Boley, 419-584-0398, Debi Blankenship, 419-226-9851.
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HOT TOPIC
Workplace Violence
Each day in the United States,
there are 16,400 workplace threats of violence, 723
attacks on workers and 43,800 acts of harassment,
bullying and other threatening behavior. Workplace
violence costs businesses more than $120 billion
annually. Yet, as of 2005, less than 30 percent of
employers had workplace violence policies and
programs and only about 20 percent provided training
for the prevention of workplace violence. Let our
Corporate EAP help your company reduce the threats
of bullying in your workplace. Please contact Ami
Boley or Debi Blankenship for more information.
Source:
www.workplaceviolencenews.com
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WCORHA UPDATE
Safety Class coming…
“What to Do When OSHA Shows Up at Your Door”,
presented by: Maria Bayless
Mark your calendars for June 23, 2010, 9:00 am-10:00
am. This class will be held at The Grand Lake
Regional Cancer Center, 900 Haveman Rd., Celina.
You may email Ami Boley
(abboley@health-partners.org), or Debi Blankenship
(drblankenship@health-partners.org), to reserve a
spot. Cost of this course is $20.00 per person.
Course Goals:
• Introduce OSHA’s requirements for inspections
• Help understand how this affects everyone at their
workplace
• Emphasize safe working practices
Date / time for the same OSHA class in the Lima area
is to be determined, Stay tuned for details.
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WELLNESS UPDATE
The Food Pyramid recommends eating 5 servings of
fruits and vegetables each day as a part of a
well-balanced diet. Here are some tips on fitting
these into your daily routine.
Remember: Substitution is the key. It's true that
fruits and vegetables are lower in calories than
many other foods, but they do contain some calories.
If you start eating fruits and vegetables in
addition to what you usually eat, you are adding
calories and may gain weight.
The key is substitution. Eat fruits and vegetables
instead of some other higher-calorie food. For
WCORHA Wellness printable PDF - Tips for Making
Fruits and Vegetables Part of Your Weight Management
Plan.
Click here and learn more.
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH UPDATE
Top cause of work-related
injuries
Motor vehicle crashes cost employers $60 billion
annually in medical care, legal expenses, property
damage and lost productivity. They also drive up the
cost of workers' compensation, Social Security, and
private health and disability insurance. In
addition, they increase the company overhead
involved in administering these programs. The
average crash costs an employer $16,500. When a
worker has an on-the-job crash that results in an
injury, the cost to their employer is approximately
$74,000. When a fatality is involved, costs can
exceed $500,000.
10 steps to improve workplace vehicle safety
1. Senior management must commit to following safety
practices and employees must be involved.
2. Develop a clear, comprehensive and enforceable
set of traffic safety policies and communicate them
to all employees.
3 Establish a contract with all employees who drive
for work purposes, whether they drive assigned
company vehicles or drive their personal vehicles
4. Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) checks must be
completed for new employees and reviewed
periodically to ensure that the driver maintains a
good driving record.
5. Establish and enforce a crash reporting and
investigation process. All crashes, regardless of
severity, should be reported to the employee's
supervisor as soon as feasible after the incident.
6. Select, properly maintain and routinely inspect
company vehicles to help prevent crashes and related
losses
7. Develop a strategy to determine the course of
action after the occurrence of a moving violation
and/or “preventable” crash.
8. Establish a driver reward/incentive program to
make safe driving an integral part of your business
culture. Safe driving behaviors contribute directly
to the bottom line and should be recognized as such.
9. Provide continuous driver safety training and
communication. Even experienced drivers benefit from
periodic training and reminders of safe driving
practices and skills.
10. Ensure adherence to highway safety regulations.
It is important to clearly establish which, if any,
local, state, and/or federal regulations govern your
vehicles and/or drivers.
Source: For more information visit www.nsc.org
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OSHA UPDATE
OSHA Update MSD Reporting
Re-Introduced:
OSHA has proposed restoring a
column on the 300 injury and illness recordkeeping
log so employers can check a box for musculoskeletal
disorders (MSDs). “Restoring the MSD column will
improve the ability of workers and employers to
identify and prevent work-related musculoskeletal
disorders by providing simple and easily accessible
information,” said OSHA Director David Michaels.
Prior to 2001, the agency’s injury and illness logs
contained a column for repetitive trauma disorders
that included noise and MSDs. In 2001, OSHA
separated columns, but the MSD column was deleted in
2003. A notice on the proposed rule was published
January 29. The deadline for submitting comments
was March 30.
Source:
www.osha.gov
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