Preparing for OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs

<b>A step-by step guide to successfully achieving VPP recognition</b> <p>Participating 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. <i>Preparing for OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs: A Guide to Success</i> is a comprehensive guide for companies and their managers and employees on how to achieve VPP recognition.</p> <p>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:</p> <ul> <li> <p>How to develop an effective safety and health process that meets the VPP application requirements</p> </li> <li> <p>Key steps for preparing for an on-site VPP evaluation to ensure success, with an included application that you can customize and use as the basis of your application</p> </li> <li> <p>The four elements, or cornerstones, of the VPP</p> </li> <li> <p>Tips and techniques you can use to strengthen your safety and health management system</p> </li> <li> <p>Post-evaluation issues such as maintaining excellence, submission of annual reports, and preparing for reapproval evaluations</p> </li> <li> <p>Resources available to approved worksites or those worksites interested in pursuing VPP status</p> </li> </ul> <p>With real-world case studies illustrating the essential points, <i>Preparing for OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs: A Guide to Success</i> will put you on the road to winning valuable recognition as an organization that has achieved exemplary occupational safety and health.</p>