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- Painful reality
Each year prescription pain relievers kill more people than heroin and cocaine combined.
- We want your feedback. And now it’s even easier.
We figure better feedback means better customer service for you.
- First Fill pays for some medications for injured workers right away
SAIF’s First Fill pharmacy benefit helps employees with work-related injuries get through those first difficult days after an injury and before the claim is accepted.
- National Farm Safety and Health Week is Sept. 19-25
The focus is on children, who account for more than 130 ATV-related fatalities each year.
- Training for success
How an Oregon employer drastically improved workplace safety.
- Debit card offers new way to get claim benefits
Payments are auto-deposited into a Visa ReliaCard, which offers the convenience of a debit card.
- Debit card offers new way to get claim benefits
Payments are auto-deposited into a Visa ReliaCard, which offers the convenience of a debit card.
- Second chance
Preferred Worker Program makes new safety career possible
- Worker Guide at saif.com now has Spanish-language twin
Now the important information you can find in the Worker Guide is also available in Spanish.
- SAIF moves Portland office to new downtown location
Expanded space increases SAIF's local presence, allows Service Center and Northern Regional Office to improve service.
- Search and Print functions upgraded on saif.com
New RSS feed and email features also added on every page.
- Oregon students encouraged to enter safety video contest
All entries will be screened at a Portland theater, and winners will receive cash prizes.
- Costco joins prescription drug program
Injured workers can now obtain medication for their work-related injury from Costco in addition to dozens of other pharmacies.
- Getting a lift back to work
A sheet metal journeyman's world literally slipped out from under him.
- Bilingual program broadens SAIF's customer service
Customers increasingly find that SAIF speaks their language.
- The right turn in a mid-life change of course
When his doctor said he couldn't go back to his old job, it was time to look for something else.
- Being an active health care consumer pays off
With "Health Tips," SAIF provides tools to help you get the health care you need recover quicker and stay healthy.
- New Roseburg office now open
Better facility will improve our ability to serve to our Douglas County customers.
- The Apprentice Becomes a Partner
When Pendleton Electric moved an injured electrician into the office, the company got new energy – and a new partner.
- No strain, no claim
It happens every day. In fact, in 2006 it happened to workers covered by SAIF more than 42 times a day for a combined cost of over $94 million.
- Rewarding work
When injuries went off the charts in Hood River County, employees changed the safety culture and reduced them almost to zero.
- Antonio Ruiz: Una buena ganancia para todos
With return-to-work programs and a supportive employer in his corner, not even a broken back could keep Antonio Ruiz down.
- Survey shows injured worker satisfaction with SAIF continues to rise
Ratings increase some for core measures of customer satisfaction, including overall service quality, aspects of the claim experience, and general attributes of SAIF.
- Teen safety
Teens are at risk of injury in the workplace just as much as their older peers. Help young employees avoid injury at work.
- Welcome to the new Worker Guide on saif.com!
You probably noticed that we’ve made some changes to our website. The most visible change is the new look of our site.
- Communication across cultures
A key part of any good safety program is good communication. But when your workers speak multiple languages, how do you get the message across?
- Back in the game: injured worker Ray Merritt
One frosty winter morning, groundskeeper and maintenance worker Ray Merritt was unloading groceries at Baker High School. As he stood up and turned to life a box of vegetables, he heard a loud pop in his back.
- Falls from ladders
Falls from ladders are common and costly: In one recent period, the average number of days lost from work was 37. Learn how you can prevent ladder accidents.