OSHA

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OSHAs VOLUNTARY PROTECTION PROGRAMSA Path for
Achieving Safety and Health Excellence
Federal Agency VPP Workshop
Cathy Oliver Director Office of Partnerships and
Recognition Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
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What is VPP?

• A process for achieving safety and health
  excellence
• Joint Cooperation
• Labor Management Government
• Official recognition of excellence

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VPP Basic Tenets

• Effective Safety and Health Management Systems
• Performance-based Criteria
• Self-Sufficient
• Effects Culture Change
• Continuous Improvement

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NOT THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH
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VPP Benefits

• Employees
• Safe and Healthful Work Environment
• Improved Morale
• Employers
• Lower Costs (Insurance Workers Comp)
• Higher Profitability
• OSHA
• Role Models
• Safety and Health Ambassadors

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Safety and Health Management System(SHMS)
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VPP Elements

• Management commitment and employee involvement
• Worksite analysis
• Hazard prevention control
• Training

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Management Commitment

• Commitment
• Planning
• Written Program
• Authority and Resources
• Line Accountability
• Contract Worker Coverage

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Employee Involvement

• Meaningful Involvement
• Employee Rights
• Union Assurances
• Access to Records

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Worksite Analysis

• Self-Inspection
• Comprehensive Surveys
• Hazard Analysis
• Accident Investigations
• Trend Analysis
• Annual Evaluation

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Hazard Prevention Control

• Written Program
• Engineering, Administrative, PPE Controls
• Emergency Preparedness
• Professional Expertise
• Occupational Health Care Programs

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Safety and Health Training

• Hazard Recognition
• Rights and Responsibilities
• Safety and Health Management Systems

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VPP Process
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VPP Process

• Application to Regional VPP Manager
• No Fees Associated with Program
• Program Criteria
• Injury Illness Rates Below BLS Avg.
• SH Programs In Place 1 Year
• Union buy-in
• Annual and Self Evaluation
• Onsite Evaluation
• Re-approval Process

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VPP Onsite Evaluation

• Not Compliance Oriented
• Comprehensive SHMS Review
• Documentation Reviews
• OSHA-300 Records Check
• Employee Interviews
• Recommendation for Participation

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VPP Recognition

• Star
• Highest level of recognition
• All VPP requirements met
• System operating at least one year
• Rates are below the National Average
• Merit
• Demonstration

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How Much Does VPP Cost?

• Depends Upon Starting Point
• No standard method of costing SH
• No Set Cost
• Varies by Complexity
• Necessary Documentation for Confidence
• Several VPP Sites have anecdotally reported that
  after start-up up costs, it is small (less than
  1 of gross operating expenses typically)
• USA/NASA 1 6 pay back

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Growth of VPPFederal Only
As of 1/31/07
Source OSHA, Office of Partnership Recognition
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VPP Participants

• Over 270 different industries participate
• Size Independent
• Smallest Site 3 Employees
• Largest Site 18,000 Employees 1,059 Contract
  Employees
• 52 have lt 200 Employees
• 28 Union

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Whos Who in VPP

• General Electric
• Dell
• International Paper
• Conoco Philips
• Frito-Lay
• Exxon-Mobil
• Motorola
• Georgia Pacific
• Nabisco
• Solutia

• Pfizer
• Tyco
• 3M
• Lockheed Martin
• IBM Corporation
• Dow Chemical
• Schering-Plough
• Texaco
• United Space Alliance

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Federal Agencies in VPP

• 118 Total VPP sites across 7 Agencies
• NASA (7 sites)
• DOL (4 sites)
• DOD (7 sites Army 1, Navy 4, NSA 2)
• HHS (1 site)
• Interior (3 sites)
• Treasury (1 site)
• USPS (95 sites)

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VPP Special Government Employees

• Assists OSHAs onsite evaluation teams with
  industry employees also Federal employees
• Invites qualified volunteers from VPP sites to
  participate if approved by OSHA and funded by
  companies/agencies
• Gives industry and government opportunity to work
  together to share views and best practices
• Currently, there are more than 700 active SGEs
• In FY06, used 353 SGEs
• There are 67 SGEs from Federal Agencies

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New Initiatives

• VPP Corporate
• Mobile Workforce
• OSHA Challenge

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Puget Sound Naval ShipyardA VPP Success Story
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VPP STARS Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

• Oldest continuously operating shipyard in the US
  (June 1800)
• Approximately 4,300 workers
• TCIR/DART are 32 and 48 below the industry
  averages, respectively

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The US Mint at Philadelphia A VPP Success Story

• Prior to VPP
• One of the highest employee injury rates in the
  federal government
• In 2002, The Mint was cited for 81 OSHA
  Violations with 139 specific examples of unsafe
  conditions.
• Had the Mint been a private company, it would
  have faced 250,000 in fines for violations.
• The Director of the Mint orders a six week work
  stoppage to review and address safety issues.

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The US Mint at Philadelphia A VPP Success Story

• VPP Making an Impact

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VPP - Workers Compensation Medical Costs
Total Savings FY 03 - 06 (-) 410K or (-) 37
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VPP Works

• 2005 Data
• TCIR Rate 50 below Industry avg.
• DART Rate 53 below Industry avg.
• Fed Agency TCIR 53 below Industry avg.
• Fed Agency DART 44 below Industry avg.
• Estimated 11,901 TCIR injuries avoided
• Estimated 6,061 DART injuries avoided
• Reduced Workers Compensation Costs
• Labor, Management , and Government
  working together
• Increased Productivity
• WORKERS GO HOME SAFE

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What People Are Saying

• It has been a joint effort involving our unions,
  management, employees and OSHA in identifying
  potential hazards and health risks and developing
  programs that are transforming workplace safety
  and health into a model for other agencies and
  companies.
• - John E. Potter,
• Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service

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VPP Help

• http//www.osha.gov
• Federal Register Notices
• Local OSHA Area Office
• VPPPA

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Contact

• Cathy Oliver
• [phone]
• oliver.cathy_at_dol.gov