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Wednesday, July 05, 2006
VPP: What it Takes to be a Star
VPP is the abbreviation for OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program, a program that recognizes the excellent safety records and practices of organizations that can serve as role models for others.
An article in Occupational Hazards describes what it takes to be at the top level, "Star" and stay there. There are two levels in VPP, STAR and MERIT, plus a third called STAR DEMONSTRATION that is for organizations dealing with special or unique safety situations.
The article features interviews with representatives from several corporations that have been accepted as STAR participants, including Georgia-Pacific and Monsanto. They describe their experience with VPP, the benefits it provides and their ongoing activities as STAR members of VPP.
The article concludes by saying:
"VPP for Construction (VPPC) is based on OSHA's VPP experience, in general, as well as successes garnered through the construction-related Mobile Workforce and Short-Term Construction Star Demonstration Programs. The core of the initiative is based on the principle of effective safety and health management systems. It mirrors the general VPP design by continuing to offer participation at either the Star or Merit level, with the possibility of future Demonstration Programs. The new initiative is unique, however, in that it creates two categories of participation: one for long-term, site-based construction projects; and the other for companies, divisions and other business units that employ mobile workforces and work at various sites or projects not always controlled by the participant."
An article in Occupational Hazards describes what it takes to be at the top level, "Star" and stay there. There are two levels in VPP, STAR and MERIT, plus a third called STAR DEMONSTRATION that is for organizations dealing with special or unique safety situations.
The article features interviews with representatives from several corporations that have been accepted as STAR participants, including Georgia-Pacific and Monsanto. They describe their experience with VPP, the benefits it provides and their ongoing activities as STAR members of VPP.
The article concludes by saying:
"VPP for Construction (VPPC) is based on OSHA's VPP experience, in general, as well as successes garnered through the construction-related Mobile Workforce and Short-Term Construction Star Demonstration Programs. The core of the initiative is based on the principle of effective safety and health management systems. It mirrors the general VPP design by continuing to offer participation at either the Star or Merit level, with the possibility of future Demonstration Programs. The new initiative is unique, however, in that it creates two categories of participation: one for long-term, site-based construction projects; and the other for companies, divisions and other business units that employ mobile workforces and work at various sites or projects not always controlled by the participant."
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