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- Created on Thursday, 12 January 2012 01:55
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OSHA requires each VPP participant to perform annually a self-evaluation of its safety and health management system. This self-evaluation, reflecting the previous calendar year’s experience, must be submitted to the participant’s OSHA Regional VPP Manager by February 15 of each year.
Participants will find it useful to review the VPP Federal Register Notice, 74 FR 927, January 9, 2009, which includes annual submission requirements, safety and health management system requirements applicable to all participants, plus additional requirements unique to the participant’s chosen way to participate.
The annual self-evaluation is not a compliance audit. It is a critical review to assess the effectiveness of all four VPP elements and their sub-elements, and to analyze participant and contractor injury and illness data and trends. It should include a review of written programs, a walk-through of the workplace, and interviews with employees.
