workplace-health-innovation

Everything your workers need to get better fast – at their fingertips. Think of it like having a physio in your pocket.

Work-related musculoskeletal injury costs the Australian economy $28billion per year. The average cost of a musculoskeletal claim in Queensland is $7049 – and that’s just the statutory costs. It doesn’t take into account the cost your business[…]

What do the Statistics Say?

You are twice as likely to be hospitalised due to injury in remote regions of Australia. Recently published reports identified that the workplace is a key setting responsible for this higher injury rate. This occurs in[…]

Truck drivers are an integral part of Australia’s economy. Without the highly valued work they perform our supermarkets wouldn’t be stocked, our homes would be without furniture and our petrol stations wouldn’t have any petrol. Yet, due to the long[…]

What is Rapid Response Physio?

Employ Health’s rapid response physio service will provide physiotherapy assessment and triage delivered by the phone. Where appropriate we will work with the employer to provide occupational interventions if required.[…]

A report published by Safe Work Australia in 2016 outlines that people who work shifts have more than double the risk of being injured at work than non-shift workers.

Early intervention strategies to manage workplace musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) have been proven to significantly decrease injury rates and worker’s compensation claim costs within a business.

How will the changing nature of work being undertaken by humans impact the field of workplace health and those who provide it?

The traditional notion of work is evolving. Over the past decade we have seen a rise in automation of tasks traditionally[…]

What do the Statistics Say?