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Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs > VPP Corporate Pilot Program |
Printing Instructions |
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Voluntary Protection Programs: VPP Corporate Pilot Program |
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The VPP Corporate Pilot is designed to test new VPP processes for "Corporate Applicants," who demonstrate a strong commitment to employee safety and health and VPP. These applicants, typically large corporations or Federal Agencies, have adopted VPP on a large scale for protecting the safety and health of its employees. VPP Corporate Pilot applicants and participants must have established, standardized corporate-level safety and health management systems, effectively implemented organization-wide as well as internal audit/screening processes that evaluate their facilities for safety and health performance. Under the VPP Corporate Pilot, streamlined processes have been established to eliminate these redundancies and expand VPP participation for "Corporate Applicants" in a more efficient manner. The charter participants for this Pilot are:
An interested applicant submits a VPP Corporate Application describing corporate-level policies and programs consistent with VPP criteria that apply to all facilities across the organization. In addition to meeting the traditional VPP criteria, the applicant must have effective internal pre-screening processes to evaluate their candidate facilities’ level of preparedness for participation in VPP. Following OSHA’s review and acceptance of the VPP Corporate Application, a comprehensive onsite Corporate Program Evaluation at the corporate office/headquarters is conducted by OSHA to verify the application contents. The evaluation will include interviews with senior leadership and safety and health staff to verify commitment; evaluation of prescreening processes; and comprehensive review of corporate level policies and programs. Upon acceptance of the participant into VPP Corporate, all eligible participant facilities will follow the streamlined application and onsite evaluation process when applying for VPP Participation as described below:
The VPP Corporate Pilot is limited to applications that make a top-level commitment to reducing injuries and illnesses through implementation of a comprehensive safety and health management systems that achieves exemplary employee protections organization-wide. Other eligibility criteria include:
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