OSHA's VPP w/website [With CDROM]

Participating in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)offers businesses a number of advantages including enhanced safetyperformance, lower injury and lost workday rates, positive publicrecognition, and direct impact on the bottom line. Preparing forOSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs: A Guide to Success is acomprehensive guide for companies and their managers and employeeson how to achieve VPP recognition.

The authors, who have more than forty years of collectiveexperience in working with the VPP, provide the reader with athorough understanding of what the VPP is, how it developed, andthe business case for pursuing VPP recognition, explaining:

• How to develop an effective safety and health process that meetsthe VPP application requirements

• Key steps for preparing for an on-site VPP evaluation to ensuresuccess, with an included application that you can customize anduse as the basis of your application

• The four elements, or cornerstones, of the VPP

• Tips and techniques you can use to strengthen your safety andhealth management system

• Post-evaluation issues such as maintaining excellence, submission of annual reports, and preparing for reapprovalevaluations

• Resources available to approved worksites or those worksitesinterested in pursuing VPP status

With real-world case studies illustrating the essential points, Preparing for OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs: A Guide toSuccess will put you on the road to winning valuablerecognition as an organization that has achieved exemplaryoccupational safety and health.