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Office Work Injury Prevention
2030 Main Street, Ste 1300
Irvine, CA 92614
(949) 533-3742
National leader in labor law, risk management and human resources solutions, Don Dressler, has been designing customized HR packages that significantly reduce workers compensation costs, protect employers from non-compliance, while providing effective worker training solutions to southern California companies for more than twenty years.
Repetitive motion injuries are a big problem for many employers. Increasingly these injuries are being experienced by employees who face a lifetime of needless pain and suffering if their conditions are not appropriately addressed early. These ailments have many names and causes, and often are not caused or made more severe by work. Employers face the costs of lost productivity and employee turnover and in workers' compensation claims. Learning about and prevention of repetitive motion injuries starts with effective training. And, involving your managers in the process at the supervisory level is critical. 
Thousands of lost workdays occur every year as a consequence of repetitive motion injuries. OSHA estimates that preventing just one injury results in an annual savings of $27,700. Many employers and their supervisors do not understand the nature of repetitive stress, repetitive motion, musculoskeletal disorders, carpal tunnel and related injuries, often doubting there is an injury. Employees confuse the source of the injury as not work related. Doctors often attribute the injury to work causes without adequate medical history or inadequately explaining the injury to their patient; or, minimally help the patient recover beyond prescriptions or surgery…all costly and may not help the patient / employee.