At thousands of U.S. worksites, OSHA compliance is considered the bare minimum for safety excellence. These workplaces, members of OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), have earned the right to call themselves overachievers when it comes to worker protection.
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This article looks at the process, benefits, and future of VPP. We tackle the topic from the perspectives of a company that recently went through the admissions process, a workplace safety attorney, an OSHA executive, and a representative of the VPP participants’ association.