ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- In the workplace, safety is everyone’s business. Without safety, the workforce would shrink due to illness, injury or death, and costly equipment damage could ensue ...

OSHA announced June 18 that it will address problems identified in its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) in response to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, which recommended ...

A report released by the Government Accounting Office (GAO) takes issue with OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program, saying the agency’s internal controls are not sufficient to ensure that only qualified ...

On November 13, Shermco Industries' service center in Irving, Texas, received Stage II certification in the OSHA Challenge program. In order to achieve this, Shermco improved several programs focused ...

The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded its Exceptional Service Impact Award to OSHA veteran Cathy Oliver, who is now director of the agency's Office of Partnerships and Recognition. Oliver began her ...

OSHA said it is "seeking to reshape VPP so that it continues to represent safety and health excellence, leverages partner resources, further recognizes the successes of long-term participants, and ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has grown its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) with the addition of two pilots. The goal, says OSHA Administrator John Henshaw, is to ...

UniFirst has once again received the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star certification from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and it has also been honored with the ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The Voluntary Protection Program is an initiative created by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that encourages private industry and federal agencies ...

In the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), management labor and OSHA establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system.