The VPPStore Team would like to send a shout-out to GE Healthcare of Aurora, OH for achieving OSHA’s highest recognition in safety and health program excellence.  The coveted VPP Star Site status is awarded to facility’s who maintain a safety and health program that meet and exceed OSHA’s standards.  Read up on GE Healthcare’s story [...]

The VPPStore Team would like to congratulate AK Tube LLC (Columbus, IN) for completing their VPP Star Site Rectification!  This milestone signifies that this facility maintained a safety program that met or even exceeded the standards set by OSHA.  In an article published on www.reliableplant.com the following shows just how important it is to be [...]

Robins unit receives OSHA safety award
Staff report
Posted : Wednesday Nov 18, 2009 15:09:09 EST on AIRFORCE TIMES.com
The 402nd Software Maintenance Group at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., has been named a “Star Site” by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The group is the first government organization at Robins, and the first maintenance unit in Air [...]

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has designated Greif Packaging LLC in Omaha, Neb., as a Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Star site, the department’s highest recognition for meeting or exceeding workplace safety and health standards.
Greif Packaging, a manufacturer of uncoated paper and multiwall bags with more than 60 employees in [...]

When the Prize is Safety, Every Employee Wins
By Marilyn Loeser
Friday, November 6, 2009
The excitement is palpable.
Letter carriers and retail associates in their crisp blue uniforms, rural carriers and maintenance employees in casual attire, and managers and dignitaries in suits mingle around the staging area shaking hands and patting each other on the back.
The focus [...]