Built for manufacturing risk managers
If you own safety, risk, or workers’ comp at a manufacturing site, you’re probably dealing with some of these:
- Strain and sprain claims that keep coming back from the same lines or jobs
- Job descriptions that don't match the actual lifting, pushing, and repetition on the floor
- New hires getting hurt in their first months on the job
- Injured workers stuck off work because no one can say which duties they can safely do
- Leadership asking for proof that safety spending is paying off
Our work starts from the job itself and ties every recommendation back to cost, claims, and lost time.
How we reduce workers’ compensation claims
Job demands analysisWe measure and document the physical demands of your highest-risk jobs — forces, weights, postures, frequencies, and durations. That gives you objective data for hiring, return-to-work decisions, and ergonomic fixes.
Ergonomics consultingWe assess workstations and tasks, rank risk by job, and recommend practical engineering and administrative controls your team can actually put in place.
Pre-employment testingWe design post-offer physical ability testing tied to the documented demands of each job, so you place people in roles they can safely do.
Injury prevention programsEarly intervention, targeted conditioning, and training built around your specific injury patterns — not a generic wellness program.
Work comp and industrial rehab program designWe help you structure return-to-work and transitional duty so injured employees come back sooner and stay back.
OSHA strategyWe connect ergonomic and injury-prevention work to your recordables and compliance priorities.
A total worker health approach, measured
Our consulting draws on the NIOSH Total Worker Health® approach: protecting workers from job hazards and supporting their overall health, together. For manufacturers, that means we look at the job, the worker, and the process together — and we measure it.
Every engagement includes an Injury-Prevention Scorecard that tracks the metrics your leadership cares about, such as claim frequency, claim cost, lost and restricted days, recordables, and high-risk job counts. You see where you started and what changed.
How an engagement works
- 01
Workforce Health & Risk DiagnosticWe review your claims history and injury logs, walk the floor, and identify the jobs driving the most cost.
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Operating System BuildWe put job demands analysis, ergonomic controls, testing, and return-to-work processes in place for your priority jobs.
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Fractional Workforce Health & Risk AdvisoryOngoing support to keep the program running, report results, and expand to more jobs and sites.
Why Torres Workforce Health Partners
Clinical depth: A Doctor of Physical Therapy, board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist, and certified ergonomics assessment specialist.
Operating experience: 26 years in physical therapy, including leading 25+ clinics.
Bridges prevention and recovery: We work on both sides of an injury, so prevention, testing, and return-to-work are designed together.
Regional focus: Serving employers across North and South Carolina.
Frequently asked questions
What is total worker health consulting?
Total worker health consulting combines injury prevention, ergonomics, and worker health support into one program instead of separate efforts. For manufacturers, it focuses on the physical demands of each job and how they drive injuries and workers' compensation costs.
How does job demands analysis reduce workers' compensation claims?
A job demands analysis documents what each job physically requires. That data supports safer hiring through job-matched testing, targeted ergonomic fixes on the highest-risk tasks, and faster, clearer return-to-work decisions — three of the main levers on claim frequency and cost.
What size manufacturers do you work with?
We focus on mid-size manufacturers, typically single- or multi-site operations where a risk or safety manager owns workers' comp but doesn't have in-house ergonomics or occupational health staff.
What areas do you serve?
We serve manufacturers across North Carolina and South Carolina.
How do we get started?
Most clients start with a Workforce Health & Risk Diagnostic. We review your claims and injury data, visit the site, and give you a prioritized list of the jobs and fixes with the biggest cost impact.
Next Step
See where your workers’ comp dollars are going
Start with a Workforce Health & Risk Diagnostic and get a clear, prioritized plan for your highest-risk jobs.
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