what’s working
“This helps to enforce it with managers and owners. You can say,
‘Look, this is why I have safety committee meetings.’”
– Jenny Huff, human resources director, Batdorf & Bronson
Wayne Adams, health and safety manager for GeoEngineers, Inc., said CompWise offers support for companies
when they do have a claim with Labor & Industries.
The company, which has approximately 280 to 300 employees, employs a range of
geotechnical engineers, geologists, environmental scientists and office workers. They
www.awb.org/prodserv/compwiseretro.asp
were already using CompWise when Adams came on board, and he was eager to see how
it performed.
“Overall, I’ve been really pleased,” Adams said. “It provides you with some additional
at a glance
resources.”
And occasionally, with a different perspective.
Human resources managers have long
As a business owner, you want to do what’s best for your workers. Give them the right
understood the financial benefits of
tools for the job, offer competitive pay and benefits packages. But you’ve got to watch the
joining a workers’ comp retro program,
bottom line, too. Buying the latest equipment might make their jobs easier, but is it the
but CompWise also gives managers
smartest move financially?
a deeper understanding of why it’s
Maybe so, according to Witting. Sometimes an upfront capital investment can end up
important to invest in safety.
being a cost-saver in the long run.
“It’s really pretty powerful,” he said.
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