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Accepted work restriction, not carried into floor operations

A lifting restriction (max 7 kg) was issued, delivered to the employer, and acknowledged — but it was not carried into floor operations, and the associate was assigned tasks that exceeded it.

Occupational health (first implementation domain) · A regional distribution center. Manual palletizing and order picking. · A six-week window from the date of the restriction.

Source depth: Level D

Perspective

Same case · facts preserved

The adviser who must explain exposure to the employer.

One action, every portal updates

Carry the accepted restriction into floor operations — held by Shift supervisor / operations scheduling. Set the modified-duty flag on the assignment sheet and align tasks to the 7 kg restriction for the remaining period.

Obligation open — all six portals reflect the departure.

Patient
Modified duty not yet confirmed on the floor.
Physician
Restriction accepted but not yet carried into operations.
Employer
Avoidable exposure active; loss pattern continues.
Administrator
Obligation open: modified-duty flag not set.
Benefits Adviserviewing
Delay exposure is still accruing.
Fiduciary / Legal
Execution not yet evidenced; departure stands on the record.

The $17,500 demonstrable avoidable cost is already incurred and does not change when the action completes. What changes is forward status: the avoidable exposure stops accruing.

Benefits Adviser asks

Where is employer value being lost?

At execution. Your client accepted a low-cost accommodation (~$3,500) and then paid far more because it was not carried out — $17,500 of that is demonstrable avoidable cost.

5. Current status

Accepted restriction NOT carried into floor operations. Obligation open and overdue on the floor.

6. Timing / delay

Delay elapsed: from Day 4 (first non-compliant assignment) through Day 39 (incident). Exposure accrued across the window.

3. What matters now

Value leaks between acceptance and execution, not in the clinical decision.

4. Responsible party or process

Operations scheduling.

7. Economic consequence

Demonstrable avoidable cost: $17,500 (fixed, already incurred). Forward avoidable exposure continues while the obligation stays open.

Necessary supported cost$3,500
Demonstrable avoidable cost$17,500
Excluded uncertainty$9,000

8. Next action

Show the client the accept-vs-execute gap and its dollar size.

11. Relevant beneficiary

The employer client.

9. Evidence (2)

E4 · Accommodation-log entry

verified

Day 0, 14:26

Accommodation register row opened: max lift 7 kg, status active.

E5 · Shift task-assignment sheet

verified

Day 4, 06:00 (recurring)

Shift assignment sheet — palletizing 20–25 kg, no modified-duty flag.

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10. Boundary

Attributable avoidable cost, not a realized saving.

The dollar result — seven categories, never collapsed

Knowledge as of Close of the six-week restriction window and immediate follow-up.

Demonstrable avoidable cost

$30,000 − $3,500 − $9,000 = $17,500

Employer-paid − supported necessary cost − excluded uncertainty. This $17,500 is a demonstrable avoidable cost already incurred — not a post-Engine cost, and not a claimed saving.

What the employer paid (4 lines)

Medical claim paid$14,200
Wage replacement paid$9,800
Operational backfill$4,600
Administrative handling$1,400

1.Necessary supported cost

$3,500

What correct execution (the accepted modified-duty accommodation) would have cost.

Benchmark — supported reference

2.Cost already incurred

$30,000

What the employer plan and payroll actually paid for this episode.

Stored — recorded payment

3.Current avoidable exposure

$17,500

The avoidable portion of the incurred cost — exposure created by the departure, before recovery.

Derived — calculated

4.Demonstrable avoidable cost

$17,500

Employer-paid − supported alternative − excluded uncertainty. The defensible figure.

Derived — calculated

5.Excluded uncertainty

$9,000

Causation the record does not establish — deliberately NOT claimed.

Derived — calculated

6.Realized savings

Not yet realized

No savings are claimed as realized on this illustrative episode. Realized savings are shown only where recovery is evidenced.

Boundary — not claimed

7.Remaining dollars at risk

$17,500

The demonstrable avoidable cost not yet recovered, and the pattern that recurs while the corrective obligation stays open.

Derived — calculated

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