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We don't have quantifiable statistics that directly relates the VPP to the topics listed below because there are other factors that affect the numbers. However, I can tell you that as a corporation, we made the case with our insurance underwriters that due to our safety programs and loss runs, our company's insurance cost should be reduced. The underwriters agreed, and reduced our total cost by $1 million.
GE Cost Savings
In 1990, the General Electric Company (GE) had one VPP worksite. Now in 2006, GE has 106 worksites in VPP. In 1996, GE had a recordable rate of 5.6 or 13,384 injuries. The company decided to use VPP...
Cost Savings for the Navy
2006 - Current data for three Naval Shipyards demonstrates significant savings to the government after only one year of VPP participation. The Navy has realized a savings of $2,005,502 in workers’ c...
NASA JBOSC Savings
Joint Base Operations Support Contractor (JBOSC/NASA) has experienced a 40% reduction in their TCIR rate from 2002 (4.29) to 2006 (2.58). Furthermore, they have seen their DART rate drop from 1.51 i...
Milliken and Company Save
Milliken and Company has attributed many positive outcomes to their participation in VPP. Since their initial partnership with OSHA in the VPP Star process M&C has realized a 68% reduction in th...
Augusta Lumber Cost Savings
Since beginning the process of applying for VPP, Augusta Lumber Mill has seen a 62% reduction in TCIR and has sustained a level that is 84% less than the national average for their industry and the ...
General Electric Plastics reduces injury and illness rates
General Electric Plastics located in Washington, West Virginia indicates that it would be difficult to estimate their workers’ compensation savings but that they have dramatically reduced their inju...
Workers comp reduced dramatically at Welco Lumber
Workers'-compensation costs fell from $274,000 in 2000 to $10,000 in 2004. At one point in 2003, the plant had gone 377 days without a lost-time accident, but then it had an injury and restarted the ...
ECC attributes success to VPP
Attributes the following to their participation in the VPP process: TCIR in 2004 was 3.6, in 2005 it was 0.9 DART in 2004 was 3.4 in 2005 it was 2.7 OSHA recordable injuries in 2004 were 4, in 2005 0 ...
United Space Alliance reduces worker's comp costs
Because of VPP, USA indicates a dramatic reduction in workers’ compensation costs from $55,613 in 2002 to $18,369 in 2005. This represents an overall reduction of 66%
Bluelinx reduces insurance costs because of VPP
We don't have quantifiable statistics that directly relates the VPP to the topics listed below because there are other factors that affect the numbers. However, I can tell you that as a corporation,...
Insurance Premiums decrease at FLEXcon
I can speak to an overall reduction in workers compensation insurance premiums of 60% since the mid 90's. This is largely due to the expected loss ratio's coming down and an experience mod rate of ....
USPS National Office Cost Reductions
For the 65 sites participating in VPP thru June 2006, workers comp costs have decreased 15% from FY03 to FY05. For the 65 sites participating in VPP through June 2006, the comp costs per site are: ...
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Saves Big
Workers Compensation cost decreased by $ 43,019 which is 24.6%.
Dick Pacific Reduces Lost Workdays because of VPP
The comparisons were made from the year 2004 and 2005 which shows a reduction of 22% in our Recordable injury rate, an increase of 6% for our lost time injuries, and decrease of 61% in lost workdays...
Hunter Douglas Window Fashions knows VPP makes a difference
“We know that since we began the VPP process we have prevented more than 790 Recordable injuries based on our 1996 OSHA injury rates. Using Number of Injuries (times) 200,000 (divided) by number of ...
Eaton Corporation cuts accident rate in half because of VPP
Steve Smith, environmental health and safety manager for the Eaton plant, added, “We have an aggressive safety program that involves everyone here. That has resulted in our cutting our accident rate...