A nonprofit risk management training and educationalorganization said yesterday it has created a manual that outlinesmethods to control workers' compensation costs.

The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) in Fairfax, Va.announced the release of the PERI Day of Injury Resource Manual,detailing a strategy of early intervention to control workers' compcosts.

Gerard J. Hoetmer, PERI executive director, said the new manual“lays out a proactive approach for addressing rising costs ofworkers' compensation by establishing processes for responding toemployee injuries starting right on the day of injury.”

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