Welcome to the Region VII Web Site!
The Region VII VPPPA Board of Directors would like to welcome you to our website. We are excited about the virtues of a strong, established safety program and how participation in OSHA's VPP program can potentially help you create a safer work environment at your facility or company. Our Mission is to be a leader in health, safety and environmental excellence through cooperation among communities, workers, industries and governments. Our Goal is to educate industries within the Chapter about OSHA, the VPP and other voluntary governmental efforts that assists in improving workers’ safety and health environment. This drives Our Objectives to provide members with quality programs and services aimed to help continuously improve safety & health and environmental management systems. Please browse our webpage and let us know what we can do to assist you on your journey towards safety excellence!
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Another Successful Conference!
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The 2010 Region VII VPPPA Conference was a huge Success! Thank you to everyone who attended, presented and assisted in any way to make this great event possible. Please go to the 2010 Conference page to review workshops, photos, award winners and more! We’ll see you in St Louis next spring!
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Sustaining Star Quality and Application Workshops Offered
"Application" and "Sustaining Star Quality" workshops will be held in Des Moines on October 21st, 2010. For registration information, go to the workshop page link on the Programs and Services page.
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2011 Region VII VPPPA Conference Workshop Registration
Proposals are now being accepted for 60-minute Region VII VPPPA Conference workshops. Go to the 2011 Conference Workshop Info page for registration information.
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Write Now Right Now Campaign
The Write Now Right Now campaign is in full swing and we need everyone’s support. As leaders in occupational safety and health, it is imperative that we act now and contact our congressional representatives in support of continued government funding of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP). Despite a $10 million increase for enforcement in the President’s FY 2011 budget, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis announced that she will further decrease funding for compliance assistance, cutting financial support for VPP, and re-direct these resources toward enforcement. OSHA is also proposing to implement a fee based system for participation in the VPP. For more information, please go to the Write Now Right Now page.
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We would like to commend all VPPPA Region VII sponsors. Without yours and their support, commitment and dedication, our VPPPA mission would not be attainable. View the sponsor list under the sponsorship link.
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Latest News Items
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- Support the Future of The VPP! As leaders in occupational safety and health, it is imperative that we act now and contact our congressional representatives in support of Senate Bill 3257 (S. 3257) to codify the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP). S. 3257 will not only support and expand the program, especially for small businesses, but it will eliminate the idea of a user-fee system for VPP. View the entire letter from The National VPPPA Board of Directors, David L. Jackson.
- We would like to commend all VPPPA Region VII sponsors. Without yours and their support, commitment and dedication, our VPPPA mission would not be attainable. View the sponsor list under the sponsorship link.
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We Are Here To Serve You!
The Voluntary Protection Program Participants' Association (VPPPA) provides expertise to OSHA, DOE, and the EPA in the form of comments and stakeholder feedback on agency rulemakings and policies. The VPPPA also offers comments and testimony to members of Congress regarding legislation on safety and health issues. |
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What is VPP?
The Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) were established by OSHA to promote effective safety and health management systems through a partnership between management, labor, and OSHA. Approval into VPP is OSHA’s official recognition of the outstanding efforts of employers and employees who have achieved exemplary occupational safety and health at their worksite.
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