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mission statement <br /> Mission Statement <br /> Statistics prove that the best way to treat any injury or illness is to prevent it from ever occurring. <br /> However,there are many debates about what interventions are the most effective and which ones <br /> achieve the highest measures of success. It is well recognized by experts In the field of <br /> occupational and industrial medicine,that the single highest degree of injury reductions are <br /> accomplished through functional testing. Functional testing is a blo-ergonomic intervention that <br /> measures human strength and performance,and appropriately matches them to the physical <br /> demands of the job. The WorkSTEPSO Functional Test Model("Model")has proven to reduce <br /> work-related MSD's by an average of 50%in its first year of implementation when used as a first <br /> line of defense in the prevention of MSD's. Functional testing combined with other injury <br /> management programming such as conditioning,ergonomics,etc.,can help achieve reductions <br /> which are even more significant, <br /> The Model has gained wide acceptance in the business community due to the rising costs <br /> associated with workers'compensation and increased federal regulations being imposed on <br /> employers by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration and the Equal Employment <br /> Opportunity Commission. The Model helps employers stay compliant with federal hiring practices <br /> and the Americans!with Disabilities Act. The Model utilizes appropriately designed and <br /> administered tests,historical pre-and post-injury data,and evaluations relevant to physical <br /> performance to help mitigate the incidence and costs of Injury and provide better data to its <br /> employers to assist In resolution of claims. <br /> The Model is currently utilized in 48 states and has proven invaluable to both large and small <br /> employers in their ongoing efforts to reduce workplace injury incidence and their related costs. <br /> This Model Is appropriate for use In all industries as it addresses common musculoskeletal <br /> problems that encompass heavy labor to high tech,repetitive motion injuries. Many employers <br /> using the Model have been recognized both nationally and regionally for exemplary <br /> accomplishments in safety and prevention programming. The employer/occupational medicine <br /> partnership created through this Model has resulted In hundreds of safer,more productive <br /> workplaces. <br /> Litigation <br /> WorkSTEPSO has never been found negligent or contributory in any settlement regarding ADA or <br /> EEOC non-compliance. <br /> WorkSTEPSO has a history of litigation successes. Once pre-injury status Is achieved,medical <br /> costs are justifiably stopped and maximum improvement is assigned. <br /> WorkSTEPS0 has established a significant precedent by subtracting pre-exisfing impairments in a <br /> final workers'compensation award. <br /> Job Ready Services,LLC 3 <br /> 919 256-1400 <br /> www.jobreadyseMces.net <br />