June 2013 
 
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Taking A Look Back: 25 Years!

A gallon of gas averaged 97 cents. A U.S. postage stamp cost 25 cents. Toyota launched its luxury brand, Lexus. Microsoft Office is released. Voyager II passes Neptune and its moon Triton and sends pictures back to Earth. Nintendo sells the first Game Boy handheld gaming systems. Back to the Future and Ghostbusters both released sequels. When was this charmed time? It was 1989, of course!

 

1989 was a year marked by great advancements in technology and pop culture for our country, and it was also a big year for Baltimore. This was the year that Baltimore was introduced to the business-savvy entrepreneur, Mary Kraft. Mary started Mary Kraft Staffing and HR Solutions with only one employee, our current President, Linda Balestrini. 25 years later, Mary Kraft Staffing is one of the largest and most trusted staffing and HR solutions companies in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

 

Each year, Mary Kraft's winning combination of industry-leading staffing expertise and high-quality talent enables hundreds of outstanding companies to respond to ever-changing business needs with unparalleled success.

 

We will be celebrating our 25th Anniversary in February of 2014 and are so excited to continue serving the Baltimore area for at least another 25 years to come!

 

 

 

Funny FROI's (First Report of Injuries) in Workers' Comepnsation

All of us in the claims industry can fondly remember humorous accident reports or "FROI's"! Mary Kraft Staffing and HR Solutions has started a new "Introduction to Property Casualty Insurance" and will introduce a new program in Workers' Compensation on August 1, 2013. As part of our classes we like to share some of the funnier "description of accidents" to the class. Here are a few we ran across:

"While on duty, I was hit in the face by a hand. My glasses were broke and something hit my eye. No one believes I was hit but it hurt!"

 

"The patient was going to fall for me. I could not let this happen. In so preventing this, I caused myself damage to my knee."

"Hot grease splashed on me and fried my thumb".

"I was working on my job and got a pain at the end of the week."

"Accident unnecessarily occurred on account of a misjudgment."

"I ran down the steps and when I got to the end, my feet wouldn't stop".

"I had my hand in the machine while the air was off. Someone turned on switches and folded my hand."

"I was assaulted and attacked by a vicious employee because he didn't like me and I know it."

 

"My head injuries have created a permanent increase in libido which has led to two affairs and has ruined my marriage."

"I got my right hand first finger in the saw while helping Mike and staying out of his way. My finger bled and it affected my mind."

"I chipped my tooth on a cookie while visiting a customer".

"This is for the cut on my hand, but I took the stitches out myself. However, I am filing on account of the watchdog biting me and on account of a hurt I got in a fall in the paint shop."

"In performing the job of which I am capable, I didn't know the machine was on and was showing my new helper what not to do and did."

"I was proving that I could carry an air compressor and I strained my back."

"I looked into the hose to see why the water did not come out. It came."

"I sprained my ankle the same way I sprained my ankle before."

"I hit my arm against the hopper, and got flea bites."

"That night I done something I shouldn't-a done and now my back hurts."

"A gate hit my foot while my back was turned, closing the other side."

"Customer thought she needed the brakes adjusted. She drove the car into the station, could not stop the car, came through the door and pinned claimant against the cash register".

"I was removing a blouse for a customer and which time I injured my back."

"I inherited this occupational disease".

"Acting on behalf of my employer, I hit another automobile."

"In order to avoid a person, Betty lost her balance and fell down. In one hand she had a ketchup bottle which broke on impact, cutting her hand. In the other hand she had her thumb".

"I over asserted myself and got a hernia."

"The doctor gave me a disease for my occupation and said I must change jobs."

"Gears smashed thumb while holding air cleaner, while putting nipple on with right hand, while balancing air cleaner with left hand, while holding end with left hand away from right hand. Gears were not covered."

"I didn't know water was where I fell."

"I fell down in the Fotomat booth while dislocating my knee."
"Sustained back injury due to car accident which is part of his job."

"Falling off the truck, I dislocated my pelvis and other male organs."

"I slipped and fell and hurt everything in me".

"I dropped my head on my foot when someone pushed their guts across the table without calling out (from a slaughterhouse employee)."

"The fumes were so bad I was taken by them and went to bed with the doctor."

"The guy I work with went ape s4%t. He hauled off and punched me in the jaw and then tried to rip my throat out."

"Carrying roll roofing, I caught my toe on a piece of tin that was froze in the ground. The tin flipped against me causing me to trip, letting the roofing fall into the bucket of tar. Tar splashed out, burning my arm, and causing me to jump back into the ladder which fell against me, knocking me into the building, breaking my tooth. Thus I burned, bumped, and broke me."

Affordable Health Care Compliance Seminar: July 18, 2013!
Mary Kraft Staffing and HR Solutions will be holding a seminar on OSHA/Workplace Safety and Affordable Health Care Reform and Compliance on July 18, 2013 from 7:30 am until 11:30 am at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Lutherville, MD. Guest speakers include Stephanie Richfield, Richard Purtell, and Alden Bianchi. The event will be free to attend and invitations are to follow. Please let us know if you are interested in attending!
Save the Date: Mary Kraft's next Speed Interview Day!

 Mary Kraft Staffing and HR Solutions WANTS YOU!

Take advantage of your next career opportunity by joining us at our next Speed Interview Day on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013!

 

Celebrate your independence by meeting with professional recruiters from the Health Care, Insurance, Commercial, and Convention desks!

 

Come to Mary Kraft Staffing & HR Solutions, dressed to impress with your resume in hand, for the chance to prove your "hire" abilities!

 

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For additional information regarding Speed Interview Day, contact Karrianne at [email protected] or Daniel at [email protected]. You may also contact our office at  410-296-0655.

 

Keep in mind our referral bonuses of $100! So the more you refer, the more you get!

 
Featured Employee

Sharon Craig  

 

Sharon has been employed through Mary Kraft Staffing and HR Solutions since April 2013.

 

Sharon is currently working at Injured Worker's Insurance Fund as a Workers Compensation Adjuster.

 

Sharon came to us looking for a position where she could utilize her previous experiences doing something she loves, Workers Compensation. When IWIF contacted us in April looking for someone with a great deal of experience and confidence in the field; someone who could come in and hit the ground running, we immediately called Sharon. Sharon has done a great job while keeping a great attitude and she loves working at IWIF!

 

Way to go, Sharon!

 

We are proud to recognize Sharon Craig as

Employee of the Month, June 2013.

Please considering forwarding this newsletter to your contacts within the Insurance Industry, too!