The following risk management training courses have been pre-approved by Pinnacol Assurance for safety groups. A member of Pinnacol’s team will conduct this training at your group’s location or as an online webinar.
Safety services requires:
To request this training for your safety group, please contact your agency relationship manager.
Attendees will gain awareness of threat management terms and concepts, including the pathway to violence and the importance of a workplace violence prevention program. They will also receive a brief overview on investigating behaviors of concern and identifying violence potential in others.
If you are a new Pinnacol policyholder or new to handling workers’ compensation claims, this course is for you! It is designed to help employers get injured workers back to work safely to work by offering modified duty. You’ll learn when and how to contact Pinnacol’s Return to Work™ consulting and what resources are available to you. You’ll also discover how offering modified duty can help your organization better manage your claims and save money.
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Can you imagine experiencing only non-lost time claims? Pinnacol’s Return to Work consulting can help to achieve this effort by assisting you in developing a written policy and program. This will help you efficiently navigate bringing your injured worker back on the job, avoid road blocks on the highway to modified duty, control the cost of the claim and enhance the recovery of your injured worker. This course focuses on the components of a written program, the formal job offer process, modified duty task development and program implementation.
Successfully getting an injured employee back to work is contingent on the employer/employee relationship. Mounting statistical evidence demonstrates that the emotional impact of an injury is more expensive than the physical injury itself. In this training Pinnacol’s Return to Work consulting will guide you through how developing a culture of a caring communication can help you get injured employees back to work quickly, reduce costs and improve productivity.
Successful business leaders empower their employees to make decisions, speak up about concerns and take ownership of the work they do each day. Business owners, effective managers and supervisors also see their employees as the solution for workplace safety concerns. Learn how fostering trust, engaging in active listening and demonstrating care and concern for employees can help build a culture of safety.
Understanding your rights and responsibilities after an employee is injured is a key component to managing claims costs. This course provides information about workers’ compensation benefits and rules while connecting the pieces involved in handling claims. After completing this course, you will be equipped to play an active role in the claims management process.
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Discover your hidden pattern of daily life to increase your mood and productivity at work. During this program, participants will:
Discover how to practice situational awareness to create habits for your brain to detect hazards and identify safer options.
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Selecting a medical provider to care for your employees is similar to choosing your own family physician — the relationship is based on trust and communication. In workers' compensation, the primary care provider, also known as the designated medical provider, is the key to effective and efficient medical treatment for your injured workers. This course focuses on how to select and get to know your providers before you need to know them and features a local occupational medicine physician who will give you an insider’s view into workers’ compensation treatments and processes.