How Juno Lighting Group Reduced OSHA Recordable Injuries by 93%
Learn how Lighting Group’s partnership with an onsite injury prevention specialist continues to drive safety success.
Juno Lighting Group Case Study
A prevention-focused approach to ergonomics drives world-class safety results at Juno Lighting Group.
Industry
Commercial and Industrial Lighting
Services Delivered
- ErgoPlus System
- Industrial Ergonomics
- Early Intervention
- Warm-up Stretching
- Education and Training
The Challenge
Juno Lighting Group was struggling with high injury rates and worker’s compensation costs.
Upon contacting ErgoPlus for services in 2006, the Juno Lighting Group Fishers, Indiana facility was experiencing high levels of recordable injuries and illnesses. In 2005, the facility experienced thirty (30) OSHA recordable injuries and had a medical incidence rate of 20.29.
Sprains, strains and other musculoskeletal injuries and disorders seemed to plague the facility.
Although there was an active safety team, there was not a formal process in place to reduce the risks associated with these injuries. There was no ergonomics team and no process to identify ergonomic improvement opportunities. Workplace athletes weren’t trained in proper body mechanics, ergonomics, or self-care best practices.
The healthcare process was just as reactive as the ergonomics process and workplace athlete training. There was no early reporting of fatigue in order to put preventive measures in place. Left unchecked, these MSD risk factors eventually led to a steady stream of frustrating, costly, and painful injuries.
In other words, there was no formal process in place to prevent the most common and costly injuries at the facility — musculoskeletal disorders.
Juno Lighting Group partnered with onsite injury prevention specialist Mark Middlesworth
To meet these challenges, this Juno Lighting Group facility partnered closely with ErgoPlus injury prevention specialist, Mark Middlesworth. Mark is the owner and president of ErgoPlus. He is a 1982 Purdue University athletic training graduate, and received his Master’s Degree in 1983 from Syracuse University.
