DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,808

OSSUR AMERICAS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-74,808A

OSSUR AMERICAS, INC.
SPINAL PRODUCTION DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ACCU STAFFING, SOURCE ONE STAFFING SOLUTIONS, AND RANDSTAD
PAULSBORO, NEW JERSEY


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 November 2, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Ossur Americas, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
74,808) and Ossur Americas, Inc., Spinal Production Division,
Paulsboro, New Jersey (TA-W-74,808A). The workers are engaged
in the production of cervical collars. The worker group (TA-
W-74,808) includes on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals. The worker group (TA-W-74,808A)
includes on-site leased workers from Accu Staffing, Source One
Staffing Solutions, and Randstad.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ossur Americas,
Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania (TA-W-74,808) and Ossur Americas,
Inc., Spinal Production Division, Paulsboro, New Jersey (TA-W-
74,808A) who are engaged in employment related to the
production of cervical collars meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers in the workers' firms have become totally or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of cervical collars by Ossur Americas, Inc.,
Allentown, Pennsylvania (TA-W-74,808) and Ossur Americas, Inc.,
Spinal Production Division, Paulsboro, New Jersey (TA-W-74,808A)
to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of cervical collars by Ossur Americas, Inc., Allentown,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-74,808) and Ossur Americas, Inc., Spinal
Production Division, Paulsboro, New Jersey (TA-W-74,808A)
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Allentown, Pennsylvania (TA-W-74,808) and Paulsboro, New Jersey
(TA-W-74,808A) facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ossur Americas, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Allentown, Pennsylvania (TA-W-74,808) and Ossur
Americas, Inc., Spinal Production Division, including on-site
leased workers from Accu Staffing, Source One Staffing
Solutions, and Randstad, Paulsboro, New Jersey (TA-W-74,808A),
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
cervical collars 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 of Ossur Americas, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Allentown, Pennsylvania (TA-W-74,808) and Ossur Americas,
Inc., Spinal Production Division, including on-site leased
workers from Accu Staffing, Source One Staffing Solutions,
and Randstad, Paulsboro, New Jersey (TA-W-74,808A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 29, 2009, 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 1st day of December, 2010



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