This the background for my discussion of four primary needs. I R. Pair has another meaning in the context of work. It takes a pair to accomplish the mutual goals of management and labor. If management and labor are not working together cooperatively, many workers may get injured and a company will not be as effective or as profitable as it could be. If management takes care of its workers, workers will take care of the enterprise.
P is for prevention , and there are two aspects to it.
The first is preventing work injuries to begin with. The second is preventing re injury if workers do become injured and ultimately are able to return to work. I can t say enough about the importance of prevention, and the simple things that can often be done to prevent injuries. Some of them like musculoskeletal injuries that haven t been treated early enough, are treated inappropriately, or are not amenable to a quick fix, can become chronic and lead to even more-disabling conditions. They can be catastrophic for workers and their families, for insurers, and ultimately for government entities to which disabled former workers are forced to turn for assistance.