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EDITOR���S NOTE | NIKKI KALLIO n k a l l i o @ i n si g h t o n b u si n e ss. c o m Preventing injuries, improving production You know the thing about spending money to to talk to onsite physical therapists about strains and sprains make money. If you���re in manufacturing, here���s a that happened outside of work. She says it helps prevent good bet: ergonomics. onsite injuries and improves production. Want to cut your workers��� compensation claims? Boost productivity? Improve employee And it���s just a heck of a thing to do. So, a plunge off the fiscal cliff was averted after all, saved by morale? Have someone come in and take a last-minute legislation. Grant Thornton CPAs Rick Stezenski look around and give you some ideas. I know and Steve Koritzinsky tell you what it all means to your ��� you���ve always done it that way. It���s been good company, and about deductions that may be available to you. enough so far. Has it, really? Some New North-area companies have While you were monitoring news about the potential fiscal plunge, where did you get your information? Online brought in experts from organizations like news sites? Do you tweet? Blog? Pin? Do you know Blankenheim Services, Orthopedic and Spine what I���m talking about? Do you care? Jason Raisleger of Therapy���s WorkPlace Solutions and Schubbe- Bassett Mechanical shares the company���s experiences with Resch Chiropractic and Physical Therapy, to promoting itself on social media sites such as Twitter and help them improve their processes and reduce Facebook. He discusses why a manufacturer would want injuries. Rockline Industries, which worked with to venture into the world of cyberspace, what some of the Blankenheim, has seen its OSHA reportable challenges have been, and how companies can use these injury rating drop from 16.19 per 100 employees popular sites to their advantage. to 0.77, says Bill Scheidt, health safety and Social media is a good place to find and promote environmental manager for Rockline. The upcoming events. Remember that the InDevelopment Sheboygan manufacturer of paper products such Conference, connecting commercial developers in the as coffee filters and baby wipes has been saving New North, is coming up Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the Oshkosh hundreds of thousands of dollars in workers��� Convention Center. See www.insightonbusiness.com to comp claims each year. register. Also coming up is the Manufacturing Matters! Graphics Packaging in Menasha is investing in new equipment to help take the strain off conference in Milwaukee on Feb. 28, now held on the same day as the Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year awards. employees and the company expects delivery Next time watch for a new look for the cover of Insight on of two new machines in the first quarter, says Manufacturing, or as we here at Insight like to call it, ���IOM.��� F Amie Ziebell, human resources manager. The company, along with many others that have invested in preventive care, allows employees w w w.in s i g h t o n m f g . c o m January 2013 ��� Insight on Manufacturing |7