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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Kuparuk Considered for VPP Star
After applying for the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program, and meeting the requirements, the most common result is for the facility to start at the MERIT level. After a few years of working to improve safety programs and the workplace culture, the facility will then move up to STAR.
A case study of Kuparuk in the January 21, 2007 issue of Petroleum News Magazine shows how a facility can apply to VPP and enter the program with STAR status. The article tells about the following incident:
"When companies apply for the OSHA VPP, 'they are often categorized as merit … and over the next two, three years you work on improving your programs and your culture and then you reach star,' which is the highest rating, said Ken Donajkowski, ConocoPhillips Alaska’s vice president of health, safety and environment.
Kuparuk started out reaching for star rating, and wasn’t afraid to say so, said Donajkowski, relating an incident that occurred when the OSHA reviewers were on their way to Kuparuk for their on-site visit in August. One of them pulled a flyer out of the seat pocket in the charter plane and the flyer said something to the effect of Kuparuk — reaching for star.
The reviewer looked at the ConocoPhillips health, safety and environment director in the seat next to him and said, 'Reaching for star — most companies are glad to get merit and achieve star in a couple of years.'
'We’re that good,' the HSE director responded.
'Well, we’ll just see about that,' the OSHA reviewer said."
Read the complete article to find out what happened.
A case study of Kuparuk in the January 21, 2007 issue of Petroleum News Magazine shows how a facility can apply to VPP and enter the program with STAR status. The article tells about the following incident:
"When companies apply for the OSHA VPP, 'they are often categorized as merit … and over the next two, three years you work on improving your programs and your culture and then you reach star,' which is the highest rating, said Ken Donajkowski, ConocoPhillips Alaska’s vice president of health, safety and environment.
Kuparuk started out reaching for star rating, and wasn’t afraid to say so, said Donajkowski, relating an incident that occurred when the OSHA reviewers were on their way to Kuparuk for their on-site visit in August. One of them pulled a flyer out of the seat pocket in the charter plane and the flyer said something to the effect of Kuparuk — reaching for star.
The reviewer looked at the ConocoPhillips health, safety and environment director in the seat next to him and said, 'Reaching for star — most companies are glad to get merit and achieve star in a couple of years.'
'We’re that good,' the HSE director responded.
'Well, we’ll just see about that,' the OSHA reviewer said."
Read the complete article to find out what happened.
Labels: VPP, VPP Safety Articles and Papers
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