Posts Tagged ‘TSA’

USPS Postal Employees Still Among Highest Injured Federal Employees in 2010

Monday, June 6th, 2011

OSHA publishes its Federal Injury and Illness Statistics for each fiscal year.  In 2010, United States Postal Employees were among the most affected, by work-related injury and illness, of all federal employees.  In past years, the USPS had 48,000+ reported cases of injury and illness.  2010 was improved, with 40,588 reported cases.  Incidentally, 40,588 is 2nd only to the Federal Government (executive, legislative, and judicial branches combined) with 67,996 cases. 

I like to report on this information each year because the statistics are very interesting.  US Postal Employees have very physically demanding jobs.  In 2010, nearly 7% of the 593,850 USPS employees reported cases of work injury or illness.  That’s about 1 in 14.  With that in mind, take a look at the following data.

The Census Bureau reported 18% of its employees as having work related injury and illness.

Customs and Border Protection had nearly 10%

The Forest Service had just over 7%.

The Bureau of Prisons had almost 7%.

Those 4 agencies are the only federal agencies with a higher incidence of work-related injury and illness than the United States Postal Service. 

The Department of Defense had 2.58%

The FBI had 3.36%

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had 5.32%

The Social Security Administration had 1.25%.

The Department of Veteran’s Affairs had 3.74%.

If you are a USPS employee, your chances of sustaining a work injury are very high.  Call WOLMED if you are hurt on the job.  We can help you today.

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WOL+MED Earns Maximum CARF Accreditation

Friday, December 11th, 2009

WOL+MED has earned its 3rd straight maximum CARF accreditation for Pain Management, Work Hardening, and Work Conditioning.  CARF stands for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehab Facilities.  This is the international “Gold Standard” in rehabilitation.  By the end of the current accreditation period, WOL+MED will have been accredited for a full decade.  To become CARF accredited, a medical / physical therapy facility has to meet or exceed hundreds of standards for excellence.  Among these standards are those requiring accessibility into the rehab programs, tracking of excellent outcomes, patient satisfaction, maintaining an excellent medical team, effective business operations, maintaining a safe treatment environment, and much more.  CARF accreditation is an ongoing effort which means that WOL+MED is committed to always providing the highest level of service to its patients and their families.  We don’t have to be CARF accredited.  After all, it’s really hard.  We do it because we know that it makes us better and because we know that it’s important to our patients.

At last check, WOL+MED has the only CARF accredited Pain Management program between Dallas and St. Louis, Missouri (traveling along I-35).  We’re proud of our program and of our patients’ results.  The majority of people who complete our programs get better and are able to get their life back.  With our continued CARF accreditation, we’re committed to that high level of excellence.

If you know someone who suffers with chronic pain or they haven’t gotten the results they expect from other places, please tell them about WOL+MED’s CARF accredited pain management program.  Go to our web site and read the testimonials from other patients who experienced success with WOL+MED.  We can help.

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Posted in Chronic Pain, Healthcare, Minor Emergency, Pain Management, United States Postal Service, Urgent Care, USPS Injuries, WORK INJURIES, WORKERS COMP, Workers Compensation | 1 Comment »

WOL+MED & North Texas Food Bank Feed Thousands

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

WOL+MED has teamed up with the North Texas Food Bank to help feed families in need.  The North Texas Food Bank uses a virtual food drive so that anyone can get involved.  When you don’t have time to go to the grocery store and buy canned food, you can instead donate money online.  When you don’t have time to take food to the food bank, you can donate money online.  WOL+MED employees made enough donations during the Thanksgiving holiday to provide over 4,000 meals!  We will continue to support the North Texas Food Bank thru the Christmas holiday and throughout 2010.  If you would like to make a donation, you can click on the food bank icon located on WOL+MED’s home page.  Thank you for your support!

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Posted in Auto Injuries, Healthcare, United States Postal Service, USPS Injuries, WORK INJURIES, WORKERS COMP | No Comments »

Post Office Work Injuries

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

WOL+MED has helped hundreds of injured postal employees over the years.  We’ve seen injuries from lifting heavy packages, repetitive mail sorting, climbing stairs, and more.  I have personally had the opportunity to be on-site at a local post office to witness the hard work these federal employees go thru daily to get their jobs done.  It’s hard to believe (unless you’ve seen it first hand) just how hard of a job postal workers have.  Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics puts out data on the number of injured federal employees and the US Postal Service has by far the most, with nearly 50,000 reported cases per year.

When these folks get hurt, the federal government does an excellent job at covering their medical expenses.  The biggest problem for these injured workers is finding a qualified medical doctor who treats federal workers comp.  Even among workers comp doctors, it’s hard to find someone who even understands federal rules well enough to treat federal injured workers.  Of course, at WOL+MED, the medical doctors are federal workers comp experts, but we had to learn a lot of hard lessons along the way before we got to be as good as we are now.  We love to treat injured postal employees and other injured federal employees.  And guess what?  Those people love to come to WOL+MED to get treatment.

We find that a very high percentage of injured workers will refer their friends, family, and coworkers to us.  That’s usually what happens when a patient trusts us.  They want the people they know to have the same good experience.  It just makes sense.  WOL+MED BBQ’s for all of its patients at lunch time usually 2 or 3 times per month.  We like to do patient appreciation parties and we give patient appreciation gift bags for new patients.  We have games like Wii and a pool table too.  Why shouldn’t a visit to the doctor be fun?  That’s our philosophy because we truly believe that patients are #1.

So, check us out.  Hopefully, you won’t ever get hurt at work, but if you do, choose WOL+MED.  If you know of any federal employees who were hurt at work, please tell them about us.  We’re always ready to help new patients, even with same-day appointments.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REFERRALS!

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