Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features One Call’s announcement of the launch of its new Injured to Empowered program, which celebrates injured workers who have risen above their injuries.
Injured to Empowered launches between National Safety Month in June and OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week in early August, rounding out a summerlong focus on the importance of workplace safety. The launch features an emotional true story about William Parker, “Billy P,” an injured worker who has rebuilt his life following a tragic, preventable workplace injury in 2007 that resulted in the loss of both arms above the elbow. Since his injury, Billy has become an advocate for workplace safety, and even started his own business, where he travels to job sites around the country, promoting safety awareness with employees by telling his own powerful story.