Voluntary Protection Program Assistance
We offer our clients a small but unparalleled team of highly respected and experienced VPP safety and occupational health professionals. Our team provides VPP support services and technology solutions that help managers develop a safety and health management system (SHMS) or validate the effectiveness of your existing SHMS so you can attain recognition by OSHAs premiere recognition program – VPP.
Our team has subject matter experts with over 40 years of applied VPP experience from both the OSHA and implementing site perspective, as well as federal, regional and state VPP programs, policies and procedures, applications and evaluations. They represent the cream of the crop in the area of U.S. Government-related Safety and Occupational Health (SOH).
What We Do
- Evaluating existing SOH programs
- Determining the "site"
- Completing a comprehensive gap analysis of existing SOH programs to OSHA VPP requirements
- Developing a detailed action plan to guide the site to VPP status
- Determining/validating NAICS code selection for VPP Application
- Calculating TCIR/DART for VPP application
- Reviewing OSHA 300 Logs
- Validating Recordkeeping requirements
- Providing mediation to form a partnership between Labor and Management
- Assisting in completion of VPP application
- Providing examples of requirements to expedite document development process
- Best practice research to assist an organization to improve or implement innovative processes and technology
- Providing firsthand knowledge of what OSHA will be looking for
- Completing annual evaluation each year after VPP recognition achievement
- Providing on-site or remote support as requested
- Reviewing contractor oversight program
- Identifying areas for employee participation
- Providing VPP fundamental and requirements training
- Developing or assisting safety councils/teams and VPP Steering committees
- Conducting OSHA like, On-Site Mock VPP Audit
- Developing/providing training in all areas of VPP and SOH requirements
- Conducting training needs assessment
- Developing and conducting training on Trend Analysis
- Conducting a baseline hazard analysis