Preparing For Oshas Voluntary Protection Programs: A Guide To Success

A stepby step guide to successfully achieving VPP recognitionParticipating in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) offers businesses a number of advantages including enhanced safety performance, lower injury and lost workday rates, positive public recognition, and direct impact on the bottom line. Preparing for OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs: A Guide to Success is a comprehensive guide for companies and their managers and employees on how to achieve VPP recognition.The authors, who have more than forty years of collective experience in working with the VPP, provide the reader with a thorough understanding of what the VPP is, how it developed, and the business case for pursuing VPP recognition, explaining:How to develop an effective safety and health process that meets the VPP application requirementsKey steps for preparing for an onsite VPP evaluation to ensure success, with an included application that you can customize and use as the basis of your applicationThe four elements, or cornerstones, of the VPPTips and techniques you can use to strengthen your safety and health management systemPostevaluation issues such as maintaining excellence, submission of annual reports, and preparing for reapproval evaluationsResources available to approved worksites or those worksites interested in pursuing VPP statusWith realworld case studies illustrating the essential points, Preparing for OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs: A Guide to Success will put you on the road to winning valuable recognition as an organization that has achieved exemplary occupational safety and health.