Report: OSHA doesn’t have sufficient control over VPP Program
Participants not necessarily the safest companies
OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) have come under fire from the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General, which says the agency fails to ensure that only safe worksites remain in the program.
The purpose of VPP is to recognize worksites with exemplary safety and health management systems. OSHA uses the program to establish cooperative relationships with businesses and their workers to help prevent fatalities, injuries, and illnesses; and to officially recognize worksites with exemplary safety and health management systems. Once approved for VPP, a worksite is exempt from OSHA programmed inspections as long as it complies with program requirements and maintains exemplary systems.