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Physical Demands Analysis in the Workplace Is Key to Employee Health

With a Digital Job Profile database and standardized PDA templates that are pre-filled with industry standard data, it has never been easier to accurately administer pre-employment screenings and job placements.

The VelocityEHS Health Solution offers ActiveEHS® driven, best-in-class capabilities for Physical Demands Analysis (PDA).

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Core Capabilities

Physical Demands Analysis

Digital Job Profile Database

Job Function Reporting

Post Offer Employment Test

Customizable Templates

Physical Demands Analysis

Digital Job Profile Database

Job Function Reporting

Post Offer Employment Test

Customizable Templates

Physical Demands Analysis: The Foundation to Your Worker Health & Safety Programs

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It’s no secret that musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are costly. With the consistent rise of both direct and indirect costs, strategies to reduce the risk of workplace injuries are becoming more crucial.

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Benefits of VelocityEHS Physical Demands Analysis Software

Save Time & Effort by Digitizing & Automating the Process

  •  Access thousands of job titles with templated PDAs
  • Streamline PDA documentation and updating
  • Conduct essential job function reporting
  • Run post-offer employment test reporting

Reduce Costs, Improve Productivity & Ensure Accuracy

  • Integrate Digital Job Profile database with Return to Work profiles
  • Proactively reduce injury risks & associated costs
  • Reduce training time for conducting PDA
  • Ensure objective data/processes to maintain legal compliance

Maximize Visibility & Business Intelligence

  • Improve visibility for key stakeholders and decision makers
  • Centralize and standardize Physical Demands Analysis data across your organization
  • Drive data accuracy & analysis improvement
  • Easily export auto-created & auto-filled reports

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Features & Benefits

Digital Job Profile Database

  • Access to thousands of unique job titles with templated PDAs
  • Physical Demands Analysis
  • Essential Job Function reporting
  • Post Offer Employment Test reporting

Automated Job Match Analysis

  • Integration with Digital Job Profile database
  • Automated job matching process for both full and modified duty jobs

Challenge & Solution

Inefficient Physical Demands Analysis Adds to Injury Costs

Accurate job descriptions are needed for legally defensible job screening, fit-for-duty, and return-to-work. Unfortunately, physical demands analyses have historically been tackled using inefficient manual and time-consuming processes. Many companies can’t even get that far, lacking the resources to document the tasks required to be performed in their jobs. Without this documentation, it is difficult to plan comprehensive employee health and safety programs. In other cases, programs like PDAs are performed and documented independently, even though they collect much of the same information. This results in wasted time and inconsistent data. The end result for all of the above is that injury claim costs are higher due to the length of time it takes to return an injured employee back to the workforce. Visibility into employees’ return to work progress is often lacking for key stakeholders (employer, HR, healthcare provider, manager, etc.).

Reduce Costs, Increase Accuracy & Make More Informed Decisions 

For EHS professionals who want to reduce injury costs and increase productivity by cutting the time it takes to return an injured employee to workforce, the VelocityEHS Physical Demands Analysis & Return to Work capabilities offer best-in-class ActiveEHS® driven Software technology that drives operational excellence with automated job match analysis to match employees with job requirements; seamlessly integrates between RtW profiles and the Digital Job Profile database to ensure accurate and consistent processes and documentation; and increases efficiency with standardized PDA templates prefilled with industry standard data.

  • Digital Job Profiles: The detailed job profile feature helps employers digitize and automate the PDA process by providing standardized PDA templates that are prefilled with industry standard data. This saves time, improves accuracy, reduces training time, and allows EHS professionals to focus on implementing changes that maximize results for their business.
  • Return to Work Profiles: The Return to Work profiles feature includes integration between Return to Work profiles and Digital Job Profile database. This ensures accurate and consistent processes and documentation, while reducing injury claim costs and lost productivity due to the time taken to return an injured employee to the workforce.
  • Automated Job Match Analysis: The Automated Job Match Analysis leverages integration with the Digital Job Profile database to automate job matching for both full and modified duty jobs, saving time spent in manual processes and improving accuracy of data.

The Value of VelocityEHS

Helping You Be Better

Our Physical Demands Analysis capability helps you eliminate the day-to-day burdens associated with many time-consuming physical demand analysis program tasks so you can focus on being a more effective EHS and ESG leader. With more streamlined and effective return to work processes in place, you can safeguard the health and productivity of your people. .

Delivering Value

Like all of our software, our Physical Demands Analysis capability was designed and built by our EHS experts in close collaboration with EHS professionals like you. This deep expertise and understanding of the real-world challenges that EHS professionals face have helped us develop a Health Solution that provides the greatest possible value to you and your business. With VelocityEHS, you get a comprehensive physical demands analysis software that is more affordable and easy to implement than manual processes and provides the simplest user experience for you and your workers.

Solving Complex Problems Simply

Our simple design and intuitive user interface means that you spend less time using the software, so you can spend more time focusing on the health of your people and programs.

Providing Personalized Service and Support

We understand that our success depends on your success. That’s why we believe it’s not about selling you software, but creating a supportive relationship with personalized service, support, and expert advice. Our Physical Demands Analysis capability is backed by our expert team of Customer Success professionals who’ll give you the individual attention you need to help reach your EHS and ESG goals faster.

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What Physical Demands Analysis users say…

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“Having immediate online/real-time access to physical job demands analysis (PDA) that can be easily customized to each employee without having to redo the entire job profile provides incredible value. It removes the subjectivity of a medical care provider when it comes to return to work and provides objective specific tasks that a person is capable of performing and/or tasks that may be a risk for return to work.”

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