Workplace Safety Funds Grant
Workplace Safety Is Its Own Reward. Let’s Make It Even More Beneficial.
Our annual Workplace Safety Funds program is a grant designed to reward LHA Trust Funds members devoted to employee safety. This year, the program offers three initiatives: Safe Patient Handling & Mobility (SPHM), Workplace Violence Prevention, or Safe Material Lifting.
Do I Qualify for Workplace Safety Funds?
Members of the LHA Workers’ Compensation Fund who have premiums in excess of $10,000 are eligible to participate.
How Do I Participate?
Participation is easy. Just complete the Commitment to Participate form by selecting the initiative your organization will participate in with your CEO's approval. Then return the form to Stacie Jenkins at StacieJenkins@LHATrustFunds.com.
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Option 1 - Safe Patient Handling & Mobility (SPHM)
Launch an initiative to eliminate the manual transfer of patients and increase patient mobility. If you've already begun this journey, continue to grow and improve your current program.
Program Goals
- Reduce employee injuries associated with the manual handling of patients.
- Improve the culture of safety and enhance employee satisfaction.
- Decrease hospital-acquired infections, patient falls, and hospital-acquired Pneumonia by increasing the mobility of patients.
- Improve employee retention by creating a safe work environment.
Option 2 - Workplace Violence Prevention
Create a safer work environment for employees by raising awareness of potential threats and developing a formal workplace violence prevention program.
Program Goals
- Decrease the number of workplace violence codes called to address issues.
- Assess, identify and reduce risk factors.
- Reduce employees' injuries from violence or aggression.
- Improve staff response time to threats.
Option 3 - Safe Material Lifting
Develop a program to address the manual lifting of materials in your organization and promote safe lifting among employees.
Program Goals
- Reduce the number of employee injuries resulting from material lifting.
- Increase employee knowledge of proper lifting techniques,
- Improve the culture of safety and increase employee satisfaction.
Learn more about each initiative option by clicking here.
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Contact Us
Questions? Contact Stacie Jenkins, Vice President of Patient Safety and Risk, at StacieJenkins@LHATrustFunds.com for more information.