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REDUCING  WORK INJURIES
For Industry our clients are faced with the challenge decreasing work-related injuries.  K2 Healthcare Consulting show you how our Functional Back Safety program has saved our clients tens of thousands of dollars each quarter. We can demonstrate where traditional back safety fails and how Functional Back Safety provides solutions to the job demands specific to your company.

WORK INJURY LIABILITY
Our Liability Assessment can save  hundreds of thousands of dollars by closing liability loop-holes that our clients may not have known existed. According to OSHA’s annual injury reports; lifting related neck and back injuries are among the most costly of all work injures. American companies spend tens of billions of dollars annually in managing work-related back injuries. Let K2 Healthcare Consulting help cut that cost for your company,

The Problems with Traditional Back Safety
Traditional Back Safety Programs were devised in the mid 1960’s with a picture of a man lifting a box in the middle of the floor with his feet even spaced apart. Biomechanically this is more likely to cause a back injury than to prevent one. The problem is that in reality nothing that we lift, at work, is stored in the middle of the floor.  That is why we developed Functional Back Safety which teaches employees techniques that are practical solutions to they way they really work.  To find out more about  our 5-year study click on Functional Back Safety.






FUNCTIONAL BACK SAFETY


For lifting injuries we found the following problems:
• Traditional Back Safety provides no leverage for pushing or pulling heavy objects
• Traditional Back Safety forces the spine to curve instead of remaining straight
• Traditional Back Safety may force the muscles of your spine to work 4x as hard
• Most companies store objects in shelves or in work areas not in the middle of the 
       floor.





For seated injuries we found the following problems:
• Standard desk height was too low causing a forward head posture
• Increased right Rotator Cuff tendonitis from using a mouse that was  
        improperly positioned
• Sitting with your feet evenly spaced apart also encourages the spine to curve
• Improper seat adjustment has contributed neck and shoulder pain as well as a  
        higher incidence of headaches resulting from a forward head posture





Contact K2-Healthcare Consulting at 704 806-9826