Worker’s Compensation Translation Services – Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee

When to use a language service provider in a Worker’s Compensation Claim

By: Carla Wynn

Worker’s Compensation Claims often become lengthy and certainly are very detailed. When your business has employees that speak weak, little or no English, it is imperative that there be checkpoints in place to ensure the claim is processed accurately, or your company may be running the risk of a lengthy investigation

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Checklist for Decision Making

• What percentage of your staff speak a language other than English?
• What types of jobs do these employees currently perform?
• On a scale of 1-10 how likely is it that they will become injured?
• Does your company have a professional interpretation specialist on staff or on call?

If you have many employees that speak a language other than English, who engage in dangerous work, you need to have a Language Service Provider on standby. Also, give us a call to ensure your manuals are up to date in the languages used most within the company.

Our trained agents will visit your place of employment and talk with you about options for monthly or as needed Worker’s Compensation Translation Services.

 

28 Million Americans are either deaf or hearing impaired

Black Diamond offers American Sign Language Interpreters

“According to the National Association of the Deaf, twenty-eight million Americans are either deaf or hearing impaired (Jessica Cohn, Everywhere a Sign). More than 10% of that number requires assistance to access health services, education, etc. This is why the demand for interpreters has greatly increased over the years. In fact, “Employment of interpreters is projected to increase 24 percent over the 2006-16 decade, much faster than the average for all occupations. This growth will be driven partly by strong demand in healthcare settings and work related to homeland security” (jobjournal.com). According to SalaryExpert.com, the average income that an ASL interpreter makes in a year ranges from $32,276 – $61,650 in the bay area, to $24,638 – $47,062 in places like Sacramento.” http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/interpreting02.htm

Urgent need for Sign Language Interpreters in Medical Facilities

Deaf Patients Need Better Support

When a patient who is deaf and cannot communicate in any other way but with sign language or by writing something down on paper, enters a medical facility they may not be receiving the correct treatment. Lack of proper interpretation and language services poses a huge problem for medical facilities.

Polly Fullbright wants her husband to be remembered as a courageous man whose last hours were made even more stressful because of a Des Moines hospital’s lack of services for deaf people.

One example is the case of Mercy Medical.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110927/NEWS01/309270035/0/LIFE04/?odyssey=nav|head

Both patient and spouse were deaf. While the wife did the best she could to write down the symptoms, there was still a lack of proper interpretation. Having an interpretation specialist on speed dial may save your facility from a malpractice lawsuit.

Black Diamond Interpretation Professionals are highly trained and ready to work for your company.

Mercy Medical Center settles 2 lawsuits over availability of ASL medical interpreters

Polly Fullbright wants her husband to be remembered as a courageous man whose last hours were made even more stressful because of a Des Moines hospital’s lack of services for deaf people. J. William Fullbright, 40, of Clive was suffering an inexplicable shortness of breath when his wife rushed him to Mercy Medical Centeral’s emergency room on a Sunday night in 2008. He and his wife both were deaf, but the hospital did not have a sign-language interpreter available to help them communicate with doctors and nurses, Polly Fullbright said.

 

Full Article:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110927/NEWS01/309270035/0/LIFE04/?odyssey=nav|head

Multilingualism in the United States

Twenty years ago, it seemed much easier to ignore the purchasing power of ethnic markets. With over twenty one million Americans classified in the ethnic market, this question is being revisited, on a larger scale. What can be gained by “talking one’s talk” and learning more about how each culture “walks its walk”?

• 21.3 million Americans are classified as “limited English proficient,” a 52 percent increase from 1990, and more than double the 1980 total.*
• One in twenty five American households are linguistically isolated meaning that no one in the household older than age 14 can speak English.
• Native languages can be a barrier to safety. Non-English speaking workers throughout the country are at greatest risk of serious injury on the job than English speaking workers. OSHA’s requirements mandate that employers establish ongoing communication with non-English speaking workers.

Welcome to Black Diamond Transportation & Language Services including Interpretation, Translation and Onsite Services

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Translation  * Interpretation  * Transcription in over 50 Languages

Welcome to Black Diamond Transportation and Language Services. At BDServices we are dedicated to 100% customer satisfaction. In a Global Economy there is an incredible need for translation and interpretation services that bridge the communication gap.