What is VPP?
A process
for achieving safety and health excellence
Joint Cooperation:
Labor ~ Management ~ Government
Official recognition of excellence
A process
for achieving safety and health excellence
Joint Cooperation:
Official recognition of excellence| VPP
Adopted by OSHA - July 2, 1982 |
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| 1970: Occupational Safety and Health Act passed |
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| 1974: OSHA created and begins inspections |
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| VPP --
A process for achieving safety and health excellence |
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| Systems
Approach |
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| Simple Compliance Alone Cant Do It |
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| Rulemaking Very Long Process |
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| Management Systems Most Effective |
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| Above & Beyond Compliance - OSHA standards
required by law are de-minimus, or the very least a company must do. However, OSHA observed that companies with
successful safety and health management systems were going above and beyond
basic compliance. |
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| VPP Premise:
Labor-Management-Government Cooperation |
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| Cooperative Partnership Effort, Voluntary,
Government, Labor, & Management |
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| VPP is Official Recognition of Excellence in
Worker Safety and Health |
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| There are several qualities that are
consistent with all VPP Participants.
The number one quality is a desire for EXCELLENCE -- Regardless
of what they do -- Excellence is key. Their organizations are
committed to excellence. |
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| AND THIS EXCELLENCE IS EMBEDDED IN THEIR
CULTURE: Although OSHA offers
incentives such as removal from the programmed inspection list, that is not
the reason most people tell us they take on the VPP challenge. |
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| Its in their culture of excellence. They want to be and expect to be the best
at what they do. |
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| Getting recognition from an independent body of
subject matter experts validates their business model, gives them something
to be truly proud of, and recognizes all the hard work they do. |
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