ERS provides injury evaluation, ergonomics and expert witness services. Functional Capacity Evaluations assess a person's current functional performance abilities and limitations. Evaluation findings assist the attorney in developing the damages section of the case. ERS ergonomics services are directed at the identification of ergonomic-risk factors and the control of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, to foster safe work environments and a safe return to work for injured and disabled persons. Ellen Rader Smith has been qualified to testify in court as an expert in both occupational therapy and ergonomics.

Injury Evaluation
ERS provides occupational therapy, hand function and functional capacity evaluations that assess and document the functional implications of injuries to the extremities or spine, or illness.

These expert evaluations provide the attorney with the information needed to document damages in the damages presentation of Personal Injury, Product and Auto Liability and Medical Malpractice cases.

In Social Security, Long Term Disability and Workers’ Compensation cases, these evaluations clearly assess and identify limitations related to work performance.

Occupational Therapy experts have been used by attorneys to bridge the gap between medical evidence pertaining to the impairment, vocational findings related to employability, and economic loss related to future lost earning capacity. Occupational Therapists provide information about a client’s current level of functioning, his/her ability to work safely and without symptom exacerbation, and his/her ability to return to a prior level of function.

As experts in helping clients to achieve maximum independence with their limitations, the Occupational Therapy assessment of Activities of Daily Living skills elaborates on the performance areas of self care, homemaking, child care and avocational pursuits, particularly when economic loss is not an issue.

Ergonomics
ERS provides ergonomics consulting services directed at the control and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal injuries, in both industrial and office or computer workplaces. ERS offers practical and cost-effective solutions to minimize the injury-risk potential; enhance worker health, safety and productivity.

ERS offers its services to attorneys, insurance carriers and brokers, rehabilitation consultants, corporations, safety and occupational health consultants, and home-based business owners.

Ellen Rader Smith, OTR, CPE, CVE
Montville, New Jersey

Contact us at 973. 334.7499 or at ellen@ellenradersmith.com