Why Your Business Needs Stormont-Vail WorkCare

If your business employs one or more people, you are required to provide medical treatment for workers injured on the job.

About 70,000 injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry workplaces in Kansas during 2000, resulting in a rate of 7.8 cases per 100 full-time workers across the state, according to the Kansas Health Statistics Report. That marked the first time since 1993 that the incidence rate for Kansas did not decrease from the previous year, increasing 2.6 percent from 1999.

The manufacturing industry had the highest incidence rate in 2000 in Kansas, experiencing 11.3 occupational injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers.

Nationally, in 2002, occupational injury and illness rates were 5.3 cases per 100 workers, with 4.7 million injuries and illnesses among private sector firms, according to OSHA. Work-related injuries and illnesses in the manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, and services sectors accounted for approximately 78 percent of the 4.7 million.

• No industry or job classification is immune. Disorders associated with repeated trauma, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and noise-induced hearing loss, are the dominant types of workplace illness reported.
• Medium-sized establishments, employing 50 to 249 workers, are particularly at risk.
• Workplace injuries and lost workdays cost your business money and diminish your productivity.
• Use of a high quality, full-service occupational medicine provider is the most convenient, responsive and cost-effective way for you to discharge your legal obligations, shield yourself from risk and get your employees back on the job.

Stormont-Vail WorkCare has been designed specifically with the needs of businesses and employees in mind. WorkCare provides prompt and continued care for patients first treated at any level. An injured worker’s company receives timely follow-up information through rapid, paperless communication.

Stormont-Vail WorkCare can help you build a healthier workplace.