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Archive for June, 2012
It is summer in Texas. Here are tips to survive the heat
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Work Injuries Dallas
Friday, June 1st, 2012The Transportation Security Administration – TSA – experienced 2,898 TSA workers comp injuries in 2011, out of its 64,461 federal employees. The TSA has a very important job, especially in air travel and especially after 9/11. Americans depend on the TSA in order to feel secure during flights for work and for play. TSA officers, for those who don’t know, are the people who work at the metal detector and X-Ray security lines entering airport terminals. They stand for very long periods of time, which can be very tiring for the knees and back. They also have to lift bags and suit cases that weigh as much as 50 pounds or more. I just took a trip by air plane and I wondered how much grief they must have to take from passengers who don’t want to remove their shoes or stand in long lines or go thru the XRay. But I feel for TSA employees. They’re just doing their job. They don’t make the rules, but it is their job to make sure that everyone else follows them.
Nearly 5% of all TSA employees experienced a federal OWCP work injury in 2011. We have the DFW International Airport as well as Love Field Airport. That means that a lot of these TSA employees live right here in the Dallas, Denton, fort worth area. As pain doctors in Dallas and Denton we specialize in federal workers comp injuries by Transportation Security Administration employees. We understand the hard job and the heavy lifting and long hours of standing that these folks have to deal with on a daily basis. TSA Worker Comp injuries require specialized pain management and rehab services that can re-create the work environment and help these injured federal workers get back to work using simulated work tasks that are similar to that of the jobs performed by TSA injured workers.
So, if you work for the TSA or if you know someone who does, please tell them about WOLMED for their federal OWCP DOL workers comp injury. We appreciate the work done by the TSA and we want to help them get better after they are hurt on the job.
Bureau of Prisons Work Injuries
Friday, June 1st, 2012The Federal Prison System had 2,594 OWCP Federal Work Injuries in 2011. That was nearly 7% of their total work force. We have a few Texas Federal Prisons where we have been able to help several OWCP injured workers with their on the job work injuries. These guys are hard workers with very risky jobs. They just want to get better and get back to work as soon as possible.
The Bureau of Prisons’ union is called the Council for Prison Locals (CPL). This union will help its members find help from a Federal Workers Comp doctor when needed. Members can also turn to the AFGE, which stands for the American Federation of Government Employees. With over 600,000 members, the AFGE is a powerful union that injured government workers can turn to for help after on the job injuries.
At WOLMED, we like to help injured workers who were hurt on the job at any federal agency. This includes work injuries at the Bureau of Prisons. If you know someone who has been hurt at work while working for the Federal Prison System, please help them out by telling them to contact an OWCP Workers Comp Doctor in Dallas or Denton at WOLMED.