LTC Risk Mitigation Series—Mechanical lifts
LTC Risk Mitigation Series—Mechanical lifts
Product Code: 2509W

Transferring residents safely and avoiding injury and liability. The prevalence of resident injuries is much too great, as are the injuries to staff. Please join us to discuss safe resident handling, common causes and best practices. Then we will delve into how you can be comprehensive and more effective (not just compliant). This is the way to becoming your best for your residents and staff.

Presenter
Speaker imageBill O'Connor, MEd, CAE, Senior Risk Control Consultant
Gallager
Bill is an Exercise Physiologist with hospital based and orthopedic clinical experience and a certified ergonomist with vast experience in manufacturing, office, transportation, assembly, healthcare, construction, return to work, accident investigation, expert witness testimony, etc. He has worked with clients that range from Fortune 100 to small family-based businesses.  The primary focus of Bill’s work has been the identification and mitigation of risk of injury, facilitating optimal return to work of injured workers (including accommodations and work modifications) and fostering a culture of effective safety focus. Bill’s work experiences include time as an ergonomic consultant servicing all of North America, Loss Control Consultant for national Workers Compensation Insurance Carriers, Industrial Ergonomist (manufacturing), Orthopedic Rehabilitation Clinic Director, Work Hardening and Return to Work Manager and the afore mentioned hospital and orthopedic rehabilitation-based exercise physiology clinical experience. Along with the clinical and Risk Control Consulting experience Bill has done a great deal of work developing ergonomic programs for clients, training of small groups to highly technically groups of engineers and managers, implementation of comprehensive Safe Patient Handling and other industry specific programs. All of Bill’s work focuses on using analytics of Loss, analysis and forecasting of trends and identification of achievable initiatives to close gaps in the effort to maximize performance. 





Original Air Date: 02/05/2025
Length: 60 minutes
Category: All Audiences
Category: Clinical/Regulatory
CEs: CEs are not offered for free, archived online education
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