Risk Management, Safety & Workers’ Compensation

Creating a strong safety net

The safety of your employees is both an ethical and a business concern. No business is exempt from safety or work-related injury issues – even office-based service providers. Risks to both employees and employers are not always obvious, but overlooking them can be unnecessarily costly in terms of pain, liability and workers’ compensation claims.

Effective risk management is a hot topic in business today. It takes special training and expertise to identify all of your risk zones and recommend the appropriate protocols to keep your employees and business whole. Most employers don’t have that unique skill set on staff. Doherty does and will help you minimize and manage risk.

Let Doherty’s experts guide you through the risk management maze including:

• Workers’ Compensation
  
  
• Workers’ compensation insurance 
  
  
• Worksite safety assessment, loss analysis and customized injury reduction action plans 
  
  
• Complete case management for workers’ compensation claims from filing First Report of Injury through Return To Work programs, including representation at hearings
  
  
• Guidance on return-to-work issues
  
  
• Assistance with workers’ compensation insurance payroll reporting and audits
  
  
• Create positive cash flow; no workers’ compensation deposit required
  
  
• Safety
  
  
• Safety and injury prevention consultation
  
  
• Consultation on OSHA compliance matters
  
  
• Formal evaluation of existing safety and/or OSHA-compliance programs 
  
  
• Development and delivery of customized training on safety and occupational health topics
  
  
• Safety newsletters
  
  
• Coaching for your safety and ergonomics committees
  
  
• Safety posters (i.e., pre-work stretching, office ergonomics, safe lifting technique, etc.)
  
  
• Ergonomic training and workstation evaluation
  
  
• Safety policies designed to comply with OSHA requirements
  
  
• Unemployment Administration
  
  
• State unemployment administration
  
  
• Filing of taxes
  
  
• Management of claims
  
  
• Representation at hearings