Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission recognizes Levi Strauss & Co. for workplace safety; Apparel maker volunteers to participate in state safety program.LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 1995--The Chief Executive Officer of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. Commission, Michael Clingman, today announced that Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauß & Co. (LS&CO.) will voluntarily participate in the state's Extra-Hazardous Employer Program. The Arkansas Extra-Hazardous Employer Program is designed to identify workplaces that record higher-than-average injury rates and assist employers in improving the safety of their work environments. LS&CO. volunteered to participate in the program because its preventative, proactive approach to worker health and safety caused an increase in the rate of claims it made to the state. "By its voluntary participation in this safety program, Levi Strauss & Co. is demonstrating great concern for the well-being of its nearly 2,000 employees in the state," said Clingman. "The Commission and staff are excited to work in collaboration with employers like Levi Strauss & Co. who have shown a responsible commitment to workplace safety, awareness and education," he added. "We want our employees to report any health concern because a strong reporting system helps to identify and prevent potentially more serious problems," said Armando Ojeda, vice president, prevention, safety and health at LS&CO. "By being proactive, our workers' compensation claims have shown an increase. However, this system allows for early intervention ear·ly intervention n. Abbr. EI A process of assessment and therapy provided to children, especially those younger than age 6, to facilitate normal cognitive and emotional development and to prevent developmental disability or delay. which helps reduce the extent of injuries to workers and enables them to return to work earlier than before." Employers identified under the Arkansas Extra-Hazardous Employer Program are required to work with their workers' compensation insurance carrier to design and implement a meaningful accident abatement A reduction, a decrease, or a diminution. The suspension or cessation, in whole or in part, of a continuing charge, such as rent. With respect to estates, an abatement is a proportional diminution or reduction of the monetary legacies, a disposition of property by will, when plan and be monitored by safety experts from the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission. For the past four years, Levi Strauss & Co. has operated its Safety and Fit Education (S.A.F S.A.F Sport Association .E.) program in all 27 of its U.S. production facilities, including four in Arkansas. The program takes a preventative approach that integrates employee education, ergonomics ergonomics, the engineering science concerned with the physical and psychological relationship between machines and the people who use them. The ergonomicist takes an empirical approach to the study of human-machine interactions. and early reporting of physical discomfort Discomfort may refer to pain, an unpleasant sensation, or to suffering, an unpleasant feeling or emotion. . CONTACT: Levi Strauss & Co. Armando Ojeda, 915/594-5342 or Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission Michael Clingman, 501/682-2510 |
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