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Tips to Help Reduce Workers' Exposures to Seasonal Flu Virus
 Employers can implement a combination of controls to protect workers and reduce the transmission of the seasonal flu virus in the workplace.
Flu Protection Tips for the Workplace:
- Promote vaccination
- Encourage sick workers to stay home
- Promote hand hygiene and cough etiquette
- Keep the workplace clean
- Address travel concerns
Click here to test your Flu IQ from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
"Fun Day" Cases - What Happens When an Employee is Injured During a Company Event? [North Carolina]
Many companies sponsor athletic events, parties, fundraisers, retreats, and similar activities for their employees. In what have become known as "Fun Day" cases, courts have addressed the issue of whether injuries that occur at company-sponsored events are compensable under the N.C. Workers' Compensation Act.
The general rule for determining the compensability of injuries suffered by employees at these types of events is that injuries will NOT be found compensable if the employer invited its employees to the event but did not require attendance.
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Georgia Employers: Have you posted your required Pink Panel of Physicians?
A Posted Panel of Physicians is a list of physicians that workers are required to visit for treatment if injured on the job.
In Georgia, employers are required to post a "Panel" of physicians in an area accessible to all employees (posted in breakroom or near time clock) as part of their workers' compensation insurance.
This Panel is often printed on a piece of pink paper (approx. 8 ½ x 14 inches). In order for the "Panel" to be valid, the law in Georgia requires the following:
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No more than two of the physician groups should be "industrial" clinics.
To ensure Georgia employers are in compliance, FFVA Mutual mails out a panel for posting. To learn more, click here to go to the GA State Board of Workers' Compensation.
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Safety Leadership Boot Camp [Georgia]:
February 25-26, 2014 |
 Join our team of safety professionals for this complimentary two-day interactive course that focuses on: - Critical areas of safety management
- Ways leaders can establish and foster a safety culture
- What managers need to know to reduce claim costs and increase their company profitability
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OSHA 30-Hour General Industry Training [Florida]:
March 3-6, 2014 |
This four-day course is designed to support OSHA safety initiatives, enhance OSHA compliance, and protect employee health and safety.
Who should attend? Supervisors, lead personnel, foremen and safety managers, coordinators and committee members will benefit by attending this training.
What is the cost? Training is provided at no additional cost for FFVA policyholders (savings of $500+). Attendees receive workplace safety handouts, checklists, a CD with the modules presented, attendance certificates, and an OSHA 30-hour training course completion card.
Where will the training be held? At our corporate office in Maitland, Florida. |
Defensive Driving Course 4, (DDC4)
Designed to motivate employees to change their behaviors behind-the-wheel, this four-hour course reviews skills and techniques to avoid collisions and reduce motor vehicle violations.
Who Should Attend? This training benefits anyone who drives for the company across all industries.
The course integrates a presentation and guidebook with practical information, videos, skill and technique reviews, knowledge checks and 2-D animation.
Training is free of charge (there is a $6 guidebook fee for each attendee) and a minimum of 10 employees is needed to schedule.
Course benefits:
- On-Site employee training
- Improve bottom line through reduced workplace auto accidents and claims
- Lower workers' comp insurance costs, fleet premiums and liability exposure
- Qualify for employer and employee auto liability discounts after completion
- Demonstrate a company commitment toward employee safety
- Taught by FFVA's certified NCS driving instructors. All participants receive a certificate of completion from the National Safety Council (NCS).
To schedule this Defensive Driving Course 4 for your employees at your workplace, contact Karen Johnson at 321-432-8819 or karen.johnson@ffva.com. |
SAVE THE DATE
Next Webinar: March 12, 2014 |
Job Hazard Analysis/Safety Audits
Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 10:30 am ET / 9:30 am CT (60 minutes)
This webinar will increase employee hazard recognition and awareness by:
- Providing a system and process to help write job safety procedures.
- Identifying hazards associated with job tasks and implementing appropriate controls.
- Documenting employee's knowledge of job requirements.
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Mar. 12 |
JHA/Safety Audits | |
May 14 |
Fall Protection: Slips, Trips & Falls | |
Jul. 16 |
Fire Prevention/ Emergency Evacuation | |
Sep. 17 |
Lock Out/Tag Out | |
Nov. 19 |
Powered Industrial Trucks |
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In-House Fraud Unit Wins Conviction
While employed as a technician for an electric company, a worker was involved in an auto accident and reported low back and lumbar area injuries. This was a compensable claim. Surveillance performed by one of FFVA Mutual's approved surveillance companies showed the claimant working on a personal side business (lawn maintenance) while being paid work comp benefits and not documenting lawn maintenance income on DWC-19 forms.
FFVA Mutual's in-house Special Investigations Unit (SIU) reported to the Division of Insurance Fraud and, as a result, the injured worker was arrested, pled guilty to one felony count of Insurance Fraud and agreed to pay restitution of $10,000.
FFVA Mutual takes fraud seriously, to report a potential fraud, email: Fraud@ffva.com |
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Defensive Driving Webinar
Thank you to those who attended last webinar. If you missed it, you can log into My Safety Key and view the webinar on demand. |
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Corporate Office
Tel: (800) 346-4825
Claims Center
Tel: (800) 226-0666
Fax: (321) 214-0235
Hours of Operation (M-F)
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (ET) |
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