OSHA Seeks Comments on Modernizing the Voluntary Protection Program
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is inviting workplace safety stakeholders to share their comments on how the agency can best honor companies who make exceptional commitments to workplace safety and health.
Established in 1982, OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program recognizes workplaces that demonstrate best practices in safety and health management and serve as industry models. OSHA notes that the VPP is effective at reducing injuries and illnesses at participant worksites. For example, the average VPP worksite had a Days Away Restricted or Transferred case rate of 60 percent below the average for its industry for site-based construction for 2021.