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Testimonials
Heritage Property
Management
Workers compensation all work place injuries
pay outs drop by 80% averaged $16,634.00 per
location. In 2013 our worker’s
compensation pay-out for all
“We purchased our first Camels work-place injuries averaged
in May 2009. At that time we $3,182.00. As you can see,
were experiencing “higher this is a reduction of 80%
than desired” expenses in or an average of $13,452 per
staff injuries. Our investigation location per year in pay out –
revealed that the majority of which more than pays for the
back, shoulder and neck strains cost of the Camel.
were a result of assisting a
resident up from the floor after
a fall, or from attempting to “Granted, the Camel is not
prevent a resident from landing solely responsible for this
on the floor – breaking a fall. change in payout, but it has
greatly reduced the extent
of injuries from lifting folk
“We own and operate 8 off the floor. We are very
licensed Homes for the Aged in focused on the importance
the state of Michigan and have of our personnel working
a capacity of approximately safely – for the good of our
700 elderly residents. We residents and our staff. We
employ approximately 600 have purchased second
staff to care for these folks. Camels for our largest
homes.”
“Prior to purchasing and
training staff on the use
of the Camel our worker’s Kathleen Sharkey
compensation pay-out for Director of Operations
