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When and why was WorkSTEPS started?

3019 Alvin Devane, Suite 150
Austin, TX 78741
Phone: (512) 617-4100
Fax: (512) 617-4106

Larry Feeler, CEO and Founder of WorkSTEPS, developed the concept for WorkSTEPSs’ proprietary baseline medical testing product while working with his father in the family’s pipeline construction and fabrication business. Feeler, a licensed physical therapist and private practice owner, developed a baseline medical testing product to be utilized on new-hires, and designed to better match workers’ strengths with their jobs to create a safer workplace.

In the first year of testing, injuries and costs per claim were reduced by more than 60%, and the Feeler family business saved three quarters of a million dollars. After similar successes in nearby oilfield businesses and towns, their functional employment testing quickly became a well known employer tool. By 1990, Larry and a partner incorporated software to effectively track employee data, and built a functioning, full work-simulation medical office. The testing method was a breakthrough for the medical industry. In 1994, Feeler formally incorporated WorkSTEPS, which is the largest functional employment testing company in the United States.

The original mission of WorkSTEPS was to address the rising incidence and cost of workers’ compensation claims. As the industry has evolved and the need for services has expanded, WorkSTEPS has evolved from the narrow focus of developing testing protocols and data for local and regional heavy industry employers, to a more comprehensive provider of business services. WorkSTEPS utilizes its testing services and data in conjunction with a group of related and coordinated business services, which are designed to help corporations nationwide contain and control costs related to employment and work-related environments.

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