Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 1 09 of 53 8 Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 015 B P age Nu m b e r 3 OF 11 4 0 P U R P OS E AN D SCOPE B e lt e r ra C orpor a ti on is c omm it ted to pr o a c ti ve l y mana g ing a ll W C B c laims usi ng the or ga niz a ti ons re sourc e s to p rote c t i ts e mpl o y e e s a nd a ssets f ro m i na pprop ria te use I n f ulfill ing thi s c omm it ment to prote c t bot h e mpl o y e e s a nd B e lt e r ra s a ssets m a n a ge ment will prov ide a nd maintain a wor k e nvironmen t i n a c c o rda n c e with t he P rovinc ial Ac ts and r e g ulator y r e quire ments I njur y M a na ge ment R e turn to W ork I MR TW will be c ontroll e d throu gh fa ir a nd e quit a ble mana g e ment pr a c ti c e s in c ombi na ti on with ac ti ve e mpl o y e e invol ve ment IMRTW is the r e sponsi bil it y of a ll S e nior Ma na g e rs B ra n c h Ma na ge rs Super visors a nd Empl o y e e s F or c laims man a g e ment t o be suc c e ss ful a s y stem a ti c a nd or g a niz e d a pp ro a c h mus t be ta ke n to cont rol c laims An e ff e c ti ve I M R TW prov ides f inanc ial be ne fits b y re du c ing c ost s due to i njurie s A g ood progr a m wil l also re du c e the hidden c osts suc h a s R e duc ti on of insura nc e p re mi ums Hiring a n d tra ini n g c osts of r e pla c e ment wor k e rs W a g e s pa id t o disable d wor ke rs P roduc ti on st oppe d I MR TW is an e ssential pa rt of doin g busi ne ss an d mana g e ment m ust l e a d a ll e ff orts in t he ir br a nc h I MR TW suc c e e ds whe n it s lea de rship is c omm it t e d to t he pro g ra ms p rinc ipl e s The most im porta nt c omponent of B e lt e rr a s I MR TW pro g ra m i s the int e g r a ti on of it s pol icie s pra c ti c e s a nd pr oc e dur e s int o e ve r y a spe c t of it s da y to da y op e ra ti ons B e lt e r ra s I MR TW P rogr a m i s foc use d on e a rl y i nter ve nti on ini ti a ti ve s that he lp a w orke r to r e main a t wor k following a n inj ur y or ill ne ss b y matc hin g th e wor ke r s fun c ti ona l abili ti e s to t he de mands of his he r pr e inj ur y i ll ne s s job duti e s mo difie d job dut ies or a va il a ble job d uti e s Li g ht or m o di fi ed d uti e s fo r w o rk a nd no n w o rk rela ted in juri e s illne s s es w i l l be pro v i d ed w h ere fe a s i bl e w i th po s s i b l e a cco m m o da ti o n to pr o duct i v e w o rk C o ns i der a t i o n w i l l b e given a s t o n o t cre a te undu e hard s h i p o n b o th the w o rk ers a nd the em pl o y ee w hen acc o m m o da ti n g on l i g h t m o di f i ed duti e s 50 P RO G RA M P RIN CI PLE S AN D OB JE CTIV E S 5 1 P R I NC I P L ES Ef fe c ti ve m a na g e m e nt of e mpl o y e e re h a bil it a ti on throug h a knowle d g e a ble c oope ra ti ve a pproa c h Ensur e that a n e mpl o y e e re c e iv e s prompt ef f e c ti v e ti mel y a c c e ss t o se rvic e s re quire d to e nha nc e a nd f a c il it a te the ir r e ha bil it a ti on Ea c h br a nc h will be r e sp onsi ble f or re a sona ble a c c omm oda ti on of a n y e m plo y e e una ble to pe rf orm their re g ula r duties W he re the s y st e m i s una ble to pr ovide a sui table e mpl o y ment a ssi g nment a n a tt e mpt ma y be made to pl a c e the e mpl oy e e in anothe r positi on