DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,610

CHATTANOOGA GROUP INCORPORATED
A DIVISION OF DJO INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF EXPRESS SERVICES
INCORPORATED
EXCLUDING ON-SITE WORKERS OF ENCORE MEDICAL, L.P. CHATTANOOGA
DIVISION, DEPARTMENT 10, DEPARTMENT 15, DEPARTMENT 17
HIXSON, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm must
have become totally or partially separated or be threatened
with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or supply
of services like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign country
by the workers' firm of articles/services that are like
or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition must
have contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation. See Section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 9, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Chattanooga Group, a division of DJO, Inc., Hixson, Tennessee.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers of Express
Services, Inc. The workers manufacture physical therapy and
rehabilitation devices for the physical therapy industry. The
worker group excludes on-site workers of Encore Medical, L.P.,
Chattanooga Division, Departments 10, 15, and 17, Hixson, Tennessee
since these workers are currently certified eligible for trade
adjustment assistance under TA-W-63,186, TA-W-63,186A, and TA-W-
63,186B, respectively.
The investigation revealed that workers of Chattanooga Group,
a division of DJO, Inc., including on-site leased workers of
Express Services, Inc., excluding on-site workers of Encore
Medical, L.P., Chattanooga Division, Departments 10, 15, and 17,
Hixson, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of physical therapy and rehabilitation devices, meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm will become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the Chattanooga
Group, a division of DJO, Inc., Hixson, Tennessee, is shifting
production of physical therapy and rehabilitation devices from
Hixson, Tennessee to China and Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of physical therapy and rehabilitation devices to China and
Mexico by Chattanooga Group, a division of DJO, Inc., Hixson,
Tennessee, contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Chattanooga Group, a division of DJO, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Express Services, Inc., excluding on-site
workers of Encore Medical, L.P., Chattanooga Division, Departments
10, 15, and 17, Hixson, Tennessee.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chattanooga Group, a
division of DJO, Inc., including on-site leased workers of
Express Services, Inc., excluding on-site workers of Encore
Medical, L.P., Chattanooga Division, Departments 10, 15, and 17,
Hixson, Tennessee, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of physical therapy and rehabilitation devices
production meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:


"All workers in of Chattanooga Group, a division of DJO,
Inc., including on-site leased workers of Express Services,
Inc., excluding on-site workers of Encore Medical, L.P.,
Chattanooga Division, Departments 10, 15, and 17, Hixson,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 2, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment on
date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of January, 2010.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance