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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 reviewer accountable for defensibility.

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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 Adviser

    Delay exposure is still accruing.

  • Fiduciary / Legalviewing

    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.

Fiduciary / Legal asks

What can be demonstrated about the failure?

A specific obligation existed: keep the associate within a 7 kg lifting restriction. It was issued, delivered, acknowledged, and accepted — then not executed on the floor.

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

The obligation and its acceptance are documented and dated.

4. Responsible party or process

Accepted by HR; execution owed by scheduling.

7. Economic consequence

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

No dollar figure is surfaced for this question at this perspective.

8. Next action

Review the acceptance and execution records in sequence.

11. Relevant beneficiary

The plan and the associate.
9. Evidence (3)

E1 · Work-restriction note

verified

Day 0, 10:42

Signed restriction: no lifting over 7 kg, 6 weeks, copy to employer HR.

E3 · Email reply from HR

verified

Day 0, 14:19

HR email acknowledging receipt and stating intent to accommodate.

E4 · Accommodation-log entry

verified

Day 0, 14:26

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

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10. Boundary

States the obligation and its status; asserts no legal conclusion.

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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