LARRY FEELER, WorkSTEPS, Inc.
2011 Entrepreneur of the Year Congratulations to Larry! Odessa Chamber of Commerce awarded WorkSTEPS' Founder and CEO, Larry Feeler, their 2011 Entrepeneur of the Year.
Native Odessan, Larry Feeler, founded Odessa Physical Therapy in 1982 as he and his partner saw a need to bring broad spectrum technology and innovation to every aspect of out-patient rehabilitation in Odessa. In 1986, hi father, who owned a pipeline construction business in Odessa, was experiencing uncontrollable workplace injuries and expenses that were threatening the viability of his business. Larry designed a “medical/functional” physical specific to the pipeline industry to being to “screen” prospective employees for weakness and/or pre-existing injuries that limited their ability to demonstrate they could safely perform the essential functions of their job. This simple process of matching each worker’s safe physical ability to their individual job functions was revolutionary and so effective that injury rates and their costs were reduced by 75% the first year.
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CITY MAY REQUIRE DOCTOR'S NOTE
FROM WORKERS RETURNING FROM
SICK LEAVE, FEDERAL COURT RULES
By: Francis P. Alvarez
Date: 03/03/2011 A city’s directive requiring employees returning to work from sick leave or restricted duty to submit a doctor’s note to their immediately supervisor stating the “nature of the illness” does not violate federal disability law, the federal appeals court in Cincinnati has ruled. Lee v. City of Columbus, Ohio, No. 09-3899 (6th Cir. Feb. 23, 2011). The Court also ruled the directive does not violate employees’ constitutional rights to privacy. Accordingly, the Court granted summary judgment to the city and lifted the lower court’s injunction. The Sixth Circuit has jurisdiction over Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee...
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Maintaining Health Body Temps at Work
SPORTEX SAFETY
In 2001, Minnesota Viking football player Korey Stringer died from heat stroke during a preseason practice on a hot August day. Dehydration-along with the insulating properties of his football pads and uniform-combined to raise his core body temperature to an extremely high degree. High enough to kill the 27-year-old professional athlete. The news of Stringer’s death shocked many and immediately increased heat stress awareness across the U.S., in particular awareness among football teams. But this tragic incident wasn’t completely unusual: More than 20 high school and college football players have died from heat stroke since 1995. However, football players aren’t the only ones at risk. Workers across numerous industries are exposed to hazardous heat situations on a daily basis. And the fatality figures outside of football are even more staggering. In fact, at least 300 people die each year from heat stroke or other heat related illness. While heat related deaths grab our attention, there are thousands of less severe, yet extremely dangerous, heat related illnesses each year across multiple industries. It is easy to imagine a situation like the following occurring every day...
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THANK YOU TO OUR
SPONSORS AT THIS
YEAR'S SYMPOSIUM!! Please take the time to look at their websites for products and service offerings!
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EXPANSION
We are currently working on implementing or expanding testing programs for 82 Corporate Employer Clients, both national and regional during the second quarter of 2011.
WorkSTEPS has added new Provider locations this month in:
| Alabama | Oklahoma | | California | Pennsylvania | | Colorado | Texas | | Kansas | Utah | | Missouri | Washington | | Montana | Wisconsin | | North Carolina | |
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