Program Evaluation Summary

Lincoln Industries Wellness uses an in-house designed Wellness Tracker to evaluate participation, biometrics (flexibility, blood pressure, body weight and body fat percentage), behavior based safety, tobacco use, worker’s compensation, EAP utilization rates, illness and injury rates, blood profiles, insurance cost per person, and lifestyle associated claims.

Evaluation Methods
go! Platinum’s medal classification is used as the measurable outcome for wellness metrics.  As a company, the medal/non-medal ratio is tracked throughout the year.  Department and production supervisors receive quarterly updates on the status of their area according to medal classification.  Platinum or Gold medals are classified as low risk, Silver medal as moderate risk, and Bronze medal or Non-Medal as high risk.

Program Highlights

• In 2007, 70% of LI people identified as high/moderate risk participated in at least one wellness sponsored activity.
•  In 2007 lifestyle associated claims dropped to 17%.  In 2006 they accounted for 34% of claims.
• From 2006 to 2007, per person per year health care costs decreased by 9.7%. The norm health care cost per employee per year increased by 2.0% for the region, increased by 2.7% for the industry and increased 3.1% for company size.
• In 2004, 42% of employees were tobacco users, in 2007 only 19% of employees use tobacco products.
• 57% of employees participated in Trigger Point massage therapy for musculoskeletal injury prevention.
• 45% received a flu vaccine shot through the company paid vaccination program.
• The wellness dept scored a company high, 4.18/5.0 in the internal opinion survey.
• HR Magazine has named Lincoln Industries a Top 25 Medium Company to Work for in America four years in a row.
• The injury and illness rate has decreased from 10.4 in 2004, to 9.0 in 2007.
• Flexibility, using the sit and reach test, has increased by 8% over the last 4 years.
• Increased self-care through improved EAP self referrals over the past three years.  82% of the problems assessed were dealing with family, marital or mental health issues.