Author: Brian P. Bennett Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470387408 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 422
Book Description
A step-by step guide to successfully achieving VPP recognition 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. 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 requirements 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 The four elements, or cornerstones, of the VPP Tips and techniques you can use to strengthen your safety and health management system Post-evaluation issues such as maintaining excellence, submission of annual reports, and preparing for reapproval evaluations Resources available to approved worksites or those worksites interested in pursuing VPP status With real-world 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.
Author: Margaret R. Richardson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 9780471324058 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
Building Your Star Program A step-by-step guide to the VoluntaryProtection Programs The demand for information on the VoluntaryProtection Programs (VPP) is rapidly expanding. Set up to promoteexcellence in safety and health management, this prestigiousgovernment program now boasts more than 400 participatingworksites, with gains ranging from increased productivity toreduction in workplace injury and insurance costs. Written by a VPPexpert and one of the original developers of the program at theOccupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), this timely"how-to" book gives safety and health professionals all theinformation they need to get into the VPP as well as renew theirparticipation for years to come. The author clearly outlines thebenefits of the program, offers advice on how to win support for itfrom both management and labor, and presents a complete set oftools for building a successful star program--one that meets all ofthe VPP criteria. Special features include: * Step-by-step instructions to the VPP application andpost-approval process * A comprehensive "VPP Requirements Guide," containing requirementsfor OSHA and the Department of Energy (DOE) and an appendixdetailing state differences * Quick, in-depth tests for assessing a worksite against the VPPrequirements * Action checklists to help plan for onsite reviews * Firsthand accounts by successful applicants in participatingworksites * Interviews with individuals who review applications and evaluateworksites
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Publisher: ISBN: Category : Industrial hygiene Languages : en Pages : 58
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Publisher: ISBN: Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 204
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Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources Publisher: ISBN: Category : Government publications Languages : en Pages : 230
Author: Brian P. Bennett
Author: Margaret R. Richardson
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
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