SAFETY. PRODUCTIVITY. PROFITABILITY.

Title: SAFETY. PRODUCTIVITY. PROFITABILITY.

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Optimum Results is a full service safety and health consulting firm located in the suburbs of Chicago. Our firm services local, regional and national clients with Safety Management, Human Resources and various ancillary services. Our mission is to assist our clients in achieving excellence as it relates to the management of their workforce safety resulting in gains in productivity and profitability.

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Title: Who We Are

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Title: Our Staff

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Title: Agribusiness

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Agribusiness includes many different work environments - from the field to operating plants, ethanol plants and back of house maintenance operations all affecting worker safety. Continuous workforce hazards can include exposure to extreme environmental conditions, falls from heights, slips and trips, manual material handling, working within confined spaces, engulfment and injury from large mobile equipment. Each of these hazards, if left unchecked, can negatively impact the staff and ultimately the success of the business.

Optimum Results works with your team for proper identification and elimination of employee hazards to improve productivity, protect reputation, avoid regulatory fines and address food safety concerns.

Optimum Results staff has a proven record of working with management teams to significantly reduce hazardous conditions and injuries through on-site training, improved work practices and planning, and greater accountability among the employees. Our staff has hands-on experience in the maintenance, planning and management aspects of production plants, enabling us to understand 24/7 schedules and operations.

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Title: Construction

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Whether you’re the owner, project manager or contractor, bringing a project to a successful and profitable completion requires the utmost diligence. However, at the risk of their own safety and the success of the project, even the best trained employees will circumvent safe work practices in an effort to get the job done. This construction workplace phenomenon exposes contracting firms to significant losses and employees to injuries.

Optimum Results understands the balance between productivity and the safety of the worker. By partnering with the project team to ensure management’s commitment to safety, Optimum Results can infuse your culture with the elements necessary to safely execute your project.

Through effective pre-planning, training, and hazard identification, Optimum Results enhances production processes to produce safe results. Optimum Results has worked with Owners, General Contractors, Subcontractors, and OCIP/CCIP projects and has experience working with every type of construction project.

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Title: Education

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Educators and administrators pour their hearts and souls into their work on a daily basis. Often, their work is performed in dynamic environments and situations that are often made dangerous by the very students they desire to serve. If not the students, aging infrastructure creates challenges of its own for everyone including the facilities and support staff.

Optimum Results knows that reducing injury claims, improving safety & health practices and creating a safer workplace greatly improves the bottom line of the school district budget. It also provides for greater employee satisfaction resulting in improved engagement. Optimum Results provides immediate opportunities for improvement and risk reduction after an initial survey of the physical conditions, student environment and staff work practices and behaviors. Fleet and motor vehicle operations are also evaluated as they often weigh heavily as a traditional causation of losses.

Optimum Results has developed a pragmatic, evidence-based solution for small to large, multi-facility school districts experiencing high losses and high claim frequency. Optimum Results utilizes a 5 point Effective Safety Management System approach to reduce the school district’s claims and produce sizable savings.

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Title: Fleet Safety

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Whether you operate an extensive over the road logistics firm or a family owned construction company, you are subject to extensive federal mandates. Like many of its counterparts, the Federal Department of Transportation (DOT) is beefing up legislation to improve highway safety. With the release of CSA2010 came many changes. Navigating the waters of this increasing legislation is difficult and can lead to thousands of dollars in fines as well as limitations on your ability to operate your business due to high fleet safety ratings.

Optimum Results has partnered with transportation safety experts to offer the advice and services necessary to protect your employees and your bottom line. Beginning with Mock DOT Audits, Optimum Results DOT experts can help identify the problem areas in your fleet operations. Once evaluated, Optimum Results further provides the elements necessary such as Fleet Safety Programs, Driver Training and Evaluations, Drivers’ Log Audit Reviews and assistance in establishing effective documentation systems. Utilizing best practices in the fleet safety industry, our team will work with yours to reduce risks and improve efficiencies.

The Optimum Results team includes transportation safety experts with over 20 years of experience. Our team offers individual consulting services, seminars, training, Mock DOT Audits and can assist by participating in regulatory audits.

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Title: Healthcare

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Whether examining the patient care environment or “back of house” support staff, the healthcare industry faces many challenges with the safety of its workforce. Typical nursing environments place a high degree of emphasis on patient safety even at the risk of those responsible for patient care. Similar to the nursing environment, the support environments such as housekeeping and food service face many exposures to soft tissue injuries due to manual material handling and aging workforce issues. Additional complexities are caused by unexpected emergent events related to patient and family member contact.

Optimum Results can help close the gap between the level of care and concern for the patient vs. that of the employee. Optimum Results partners with the healthcare organization to evaluate the facilities, policies and procedures, work and hiring practices, equipment, and other considerations. Optimum Results further assists healthcare facilities in making the necessary changes to provide for the viability of their workforce, while also meeting the requirements of regulatory agencies.

Utilizing its core competencies and experience, Optimum Results staff can provide innovative solutions to a variety of complex issues. Working in conjunction with subject matter experts within the healthcare organization, Optimum Results works to be a unifying force in finding the right solution for a safer workplace balancing investment and return.

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Title: Industrial

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Industrial plants involving various types of chemical processing, equipment and conditions have the ability to create a multitude of maintenance hazards and potentially catastrophic accidents. Projects requiring movement of equipment and changes to the processing flow add further dynamic complexities. Keeping the plant and projects operating efficiently while identifying and eliminating workplace hazards takes diligent planning and constant care. Complete commitment to safety emphasizing prevention and ongoing safety programs is required in the workplace from both plant management and personnel.

Optimum Results works with plant personnel to assess the safety of the workplace, design efficiency improvements, recommend accident reduction strategies, and provide alternative methods to produce the work effort safely. Based upon a thorough understanding of 24X7 production schedules, project plans are created facilitating efficient plant operations. Through on-site training, improved work practice recommendations and planning, Optimum Results works with your team to create greater accountability among the employees and managers for a more profitable and safe workplace.

Optimum Results staff has a proven track record of success at helping plant managers and engineers significantly reduce risk in a variety of industrial exposures.

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Title: Insurance

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Whether the insured is involved in construction, industry, transportation or an OCIP/CCIP project, effective risk assessment is essential. Surprises after the underwriting process can affect the relationships with the insured, the producer and the underwriter, jeopardizing future business potential.

Providing upfront intelligence, Optimum Results assists underwriters in making informed decisions. Through the utilization of recognized risk assessment as well as proprietary evaluation tools, Optimum Results is effective at determining the authenticity of the insured’s commitment to the safety of its workforce. Once determined, Optimum Results can partner with the insurer to provide whatever measures necessary to maintain or rehabilitate the risk.

Optimum Results staff has over 15 years experience assisting insurance companies, producers, and their clients. With a track record of success in claims reduction, lowered premiums and experience modification rates, increased profitability is enjoyed by both the client and their insurer.

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