IMPACC Work Injury Prevention
Program Providers
Ohio
Alliance | Canfield | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Harrison | Middleburg Heights
Alliance Community Hospital's Corporate Health Services program was developed by a team of healthcare experts to assist your company with health-related employment issues. We understand that good health means good business.
Our mission is to help you maximize the health of your employees and your company. We make this simple by providing comprehensive services such as pre-placement physicals, return-to-work plans, work injury prevention programs and cost-saving wellness programs.
Our goal is simple. We want to help reduce your worry and hassles related to employee health. We can help your company: reduce absenteeism, minimize risk for workers compensation and other legal claims, improve employee health and expedite the return to work process for injured employees.
We are proud to offer the IMPACC program. IMPACC is nationally recognized for its focus on ergonomics and work injury claims prevention. This well-defined, structured program is readily adaptable to any work place.
Corporate Health Services:
Immediate Medical Services
2461 W. State Street
Alliance, Ohio 44601
Phone (330) 823-0400
Alliance Community Hospital
Wellness Services Dept.
264 E. Rice Street
Alliance, Ohio 44601
Phone (330) 829-4249
Alliance Community Hospital
Outpatient Physical Therapy Center
1207 W. State Street
Alliance, Ohio 44601
Phone (330) 823-8839
Exermed, Inc., is a physical therapist owned company established in 1983, located
in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area, Exermed provides rehabilitation services,
industrial consultation, fitness programs and injury prevention programs.
Mary Ann Kirkner, PT, president of Exermed has 28 years of experience as a physical therapist. In the mid 70's she developed the first Back Rehabilitation Program in northern Ohio in cooperation with the Industrial Commission of the Bureau of Workers Compensation to facilitate safe and timely return to work for injured workers.
From involvement with injured workers and employers, Exermed expanded to providing work site evaluations, functional capacity evaluations, gradual return to work programs and employee educational programs in settings ranging from tire companies to physician offices.
Since 1995 Exermed has been an IMPACC provider performing Work Risk Analyses, providing ergonomic recommendations, supervisor and employee educational programs, and developing exercise programs for workers to reduce cumulative trauma risk factors.
Exermed's philosophy is that prevention of cumulative trauma disorders is a win/win proposition for workers and employers. Both groups suffer from these disorders, both literally and financially. Exermed stresses involvement mutually by management, supervisors and employees in developing an individualized plan for each company to eliminated cumulative trauma disorders. Prevention interventions have been proven effective, so they are the clear choice for parties interested in eliminating cumulative trauma.
For more information, contact:
Mary Ann Kirkner, PT
18660 Bagley Road II #205
Middleburg Hts., OH 44130
Phone (440)243-6818
Fax (440)243-6819
Comprehensive Physical Therapy Center has been serving the Greater Cincinnati area since 1988. Founded by Tom DiAngelis, P.T. and Opal Riddle, P.T., the company has a reputation for quality care and expertise in many areas of treatment. Comprehensive Physical Therapy Center is a member of the Ohio Physical Therapy Network, a statewide network of independent Physical Therapy practices.
WorkWell is the workplace consultation program provided by Comprehensive Physical Therapy Center. WorkWell's Physical Therapists use their biomechanical expertise to insure that employees are working in a safe and efficient manner. They use their skills and knowledge of the human body to fit the work to the worker. This greatly reduces employee injury and Workers Compensation claims.
Our program utilizes on-site Work Risk Analysis, including ergonomic intervention recommendations, Management and Employee Training to prevent injuries using the IMPACC program, Ergonomic Team development using the IMPACC program, Job Rotation and Early Return to Work Programs, and our Injury Response Team to give early treatment intervention to injured workers.
As a provider of the IMPACC WorkSmart program, we feel that training workers to think of themselves as "workplace athletes" and giving management and workers the knowledge they need to protect their bodies creates a company-wide attitude of motivation and pride. This results in success in avoiding workplace injuries and a boost in morale. This may result in great cost savings on Worker's Compensation claims, a benefit for the entire company.
Please contact our Workplace Physical Therapists at:
Comprehensive Physical Therapy Center, WorkWell Program
Phyllis Schulte, P.T.
2727 Madison Road, Ste. 301
Cincinnati, Ohio 45209
Phone (513) 871-5571
Fax (513) 871-6761
Mercy Center for Workplace Rehabilitation is part of Mercy Health Partners, a leader in health care delivery in the Greater Cincinnati area. Our CARF accredited program offers Functional Capacity Evaluations, Work Conditioning, Work Hardening, Job Site Analysis, and on-site Training for Injury Prevention.
Our experienced staff is comprised of caring, committed individuals from the physical therapy and psychology disciplines. The staff guides each individual's intensive rehabilitation treatment, bridging the gap between the end of traditional acute physical therapy and return to work. Our programs are goal-oriented with the expected outcomes of safe, healthy return to work and reduced likelihood of re-injury once an injured worker has returned to the job. Upon discharge, goals emphasize transition to a health club and/or a structured home and on-the-job exercise program to encourage ongoing functional and lifelong wellness behavior.
Mercy Center for Workplace Rehabilitation
Barbara Michalowski, P.T.
2270 Banning Road, Suite B-2
Cincinnati, Ohio 45239
Phone (513) 853-7875
Fax (513) 541-2927
Ergocare, Inc., a division of Tri-County Rehabilitation, Inc. is owned by Bruce
Weston, PT, OCS, and a 1977 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh Physical
Therapy program. Bruce has completed extensive post-graduate training in orthopedic
assessment and treatment, ergonomics, injury prevention and rehabilitation of
work-related injuries. Bruce is board certified through the American Physical
Therapy Association as a specialist in orthopedics.
Ergocare, Inc. focuses on functional capacity evaluations, job task analysis, work conditioning and consultation and planning return to work for injured workers.
Ergocare, Inc. also offers the IMPACC program for work place injury prevention. This program meshes perfectly in meeting the requirements of OSHA's Ergonomic Program Standards. The program consist of: work risk analysis outlining potential hazards of each job, in-depth management of musculoskeletal disorders, employee training in fatigue reduction and assisting companies in the development of an ergonomics team.
Employers or individuals wanting more information on consultative programs or rehabilitative programs are encouraged to contact Ergocare at:
Tri-County Rehabilitation/Ergocare, Inc.
Bruce Weston, PT, OCS
567 E. Main Street
Canfield, OHIO 44406
Phone (330) 533-1080
Fax (330) 533-8838
Email: tricountyrehab@aol.com
Harrison Physical Therapy is owned and operated by Tim Lees, P.T., a 1983 Cum
Laude graduate of The Ohio State University. The clinic was founded in 1994
and focuses on providing quality outpatient orthopedic rehabilitation, sports
medicine, and industrial rehabilitation. In the past, our company, Lees Rehabilitation
Services, Inc. has provided contracted physical therapy, occupational therapy,
and speech therapy services to the Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky region. This practice
included providing service to an on site industrial physical therapy clinic
at a local client's manufacturing plant.
Timothy B. Lees Co., Inc., the consulting arm of the owner of Harrison Physical Therapy, provides industrial consultation utilizing the IMPACC program. In this program, problem identification is provided with a Work Risk Analysis. This allows us to analyze workstations and workers using our clinical knowledge and expertise. The format identifies biomechanical risks (describing posture and movement patterns), and physical risks of injuries as well as corrective actions to minimize or abate risks.
Also provided is Management Training. Successful work injury prevention programs create commitment within the management team. Our management program teaches managers and supervisors work injury prevention techniques and gives them the tools they need to solve their own problems. In addition, it teaches them about the politics of preventing workplace injuries and effecting positive change in the workplace.
Employee Worksmart Motivation Training is provided in the program because we feel safety is not a program but an attitude that must be owned by the entire company. Employers must be motivated to take responsibility for the care of their working body. Our program motivates employees to be "Industrial Athletes", to use proper body mechanics, postures, movement patterns, and preventive stretching to minimize fatigue. It stresses self-awareness and communication.
Follow through and enforcement of the program will be insured with Ergo Team
Training. This training creates and teaches a team of managers and workers within
a company basic ergonomic problem solving techniques using Ergo Profiles, Ergonomic
Risks Checklists and other tools. A written Ergonomic Plan is provided to each
company for their customization and use.
We would be happy to talk with you further regarding our program.
Timothy B. Lees, PT
Harrison Physical Therapy
1149 Stone Drive Suite 500
Harrison, OH 45030
Phone (513) 367-9299
Fax (513) 367-1704
Email: harrisonpt@fuse.net