Ergo Expo 2017

Another Playing Field: Athletic Trainers as Workplace Injury Prevention Specialists (Room Versailles 3-4)

23 Aug 17
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Tracks: Ergonomics & EHS (Environment, Health & Safety), Industrial Ergonomics & Safety

Speaker(s): Rajy Abulhosn, Associate Medical Director, WorkCare, Inc.; Daniel Nevarez, Regional Occup Health Manager, WorkCare Inc.

Employees are at risk when they are not adequately conditioned to perform physically demanding jobs or when they return to work following an injury or illness. Dr. Abulhosn, an occupational medicine physician, and Mr. Nevarez, a certified athletic trainer, will share a delivery model that uses athletic training principles to provide work fitness, ergonomic consulting and non-OSHA-recordable injury prevention services in the workplace.