Return to Work Consulting

WorkSTEPS industrial therapy staff is led by Joseph Kleinkort, MA, PhD, PT, who has over 30 years of industrial rehabilitation experience. Drawing on the experiences of its therapy staff, and its industrial psychology and ADA/employment law departments, WorkSTEPS has developed an accelerated return to work program, called "ErgoGenesis", which utilizes objective employee functional capability data to establish measurable treatment goals, enabling quantification of patient improvement, treatment plan adjustment, and accelerated return to work. In implementation at Lockheed-Ft. Worth, a union shop of 15,000 employees, WorkSTEPS ErgoGenesis Program resulted in the reduction of the average treatment periods for necks, backs, and carpal tunnel injuries being reduced from in excess of one (1) year to under five (5) visits.

WorkSTEPS can offer you, the industrial employer, cost justifiable work place injury solutions and accelerated return to work programs which will yield substantial cost savings. WorkSTEPS return to work services can be customized to address the specific needs of the individual employer. Services include, but are not limited to:

1. EEOC/ADA compliance consulting - our staff attorney concentrates solely on employment law issues.
2. On-site rehabilitation facility consulting - we can assist you in establishing rehabilitation programs at your facility. Providing injury treatment on-site is one of the most effective means of reducing employee injury costs. We will help you setup and staff the facility, including program development/implementation. We will assist you in facility operational startup, provide maintenance consulting services, or operate the facility for you.
3. Rehabilitation services consulting - we will evaluate your existing work injury management program and assist you in developing strategies for preventing injuries, and minimizing the costs of managing injuries that do occur.
4. Job rotation consulting to modify job responsibilities to prevent employee over utilization syndrome.
5. Job site evaluations/job descriptions/consultation - WorkSTEPS can assist you in developing/implementing a program to minimize employer liability.

Through utilization of WorkSTEPS Return to Work Consulting services, now you can achieve the direct and indirect cost savings which other WorkSTEPS employer clients have realized.

WorkSTEPS, Inc., 4545 Fuller Drive Suite 342, Irving, TX 75038. Tel: 972-887-0029; Fax: 972-887-0494.