Workplace injuries can be distressing to an injured employee and be a significant cost to business owners. Workplace injuries negatively impact on businesses of all sizes by lowering productivity, increasing absenteeism and increasing workers compensation premiums.
Did you know?
Statistics that affect all types of business, big and small
- There were 140,203 employment injuries reported in NSW in 2006/07
- 60% of these injuries were musculoskeletal injuries categorized as sprains and strains
- The most common cause of workplace injuries was manual handling (31%)
- The average lost time per injury was 9.7 weeks
- The average gross cost of a workers compensation claim was $19,682.
- Occupations with the highest injury rates included construction, manufacturing, forestry and agriculture, mining, community and health services as well as transport and storage.
Advanced Physio's Employer guarantee
- Effective solutions to workplace injuries
- Regular communication
- Workplace interventions tailored specifically to your workplace and employees
In partnership with Advanced Physiotherapy & Injury Prevention, businesses can minimize costly side effects of injury using our effective injury prevention strategies. Our team of occupational physiotherapists can individualise an injury prevention strategy that takes into account the nature and size of the business, employees, the activities that they perform and business budget.
Advanced Physio is a full service physiotherapy clinic based in Newcastle's Warners Bay and we offer business owners, employers and employees our popular services:
- Workplace Injury Rehabilitation programs
- Workplace Injury Prevention programs
- Pre employment screenings
For more detailed information regarding Advanced Physio's effective employee Workplace injury prevention & rehabilitation program, please contact the head of our occupational physio team, Cameron Bulluss via email or phone (02) 4954 5330.
