1

OSH

A’s

Vol

unta

ry P

rote

ctio

n Pr

ogra

m (V

PP)

and

Mar

ine

Cor

ps B

ase

Cam

p L

ejeu

ne

2

VPP

Bac

kgro

und

•In

198

2, th

e O

ccup

atio

nal S

afet

y an

d H

ealth

Adm

inis

tratio

n (O

SHA

) de

velo

ped

VPP

to:

Rec

ogni

ze a

nd P

rom

ote:

E

ffec

tive

wor

ksite

Saf

ety

and

Hea

lthM

AN

AG

EM

EN

T S

YST

EM

S.

3

Wha

t is V

PP?

•It’

s a p

erfo

rman

ce-b

ased

safe

ty a

nd

heal

th ‘p

artn

ersh

ip’ b

etw

een

OSH

A

and

priv

ate

indu

strie

s

Purp

ose

of V

PP

To

achi

eve

Sign

ifica

nt

Impr

ovem

enti

n sa

fety

pe

rfor

man

ce

4

5

VPP

Ben

efits

•Th

e av

erag

e V

PP w

orks

ite h

as a

Day

s Aw

ay, R

estri

cted

or

Tra

nsfe

rred

(DA

RT)

cas

e ra

te 5

2% b

elow

the

aver

age

for i

ts in

dust

ry.

•Fe

wer

inju

ries

& il

lnes

ses m

ean

grea

ter c

ost s

avin

gsas

wor

ker’

s com

pens

atio

n pr

emiu

ms a

nd o

ther

cos

ts a

re

redu

ced. –Lo

wer

wor

ker’

s com

pens

atio

n co

sts (

20+%

/yr.)

–Po

sitiv

e R

etur

n on

Inve

stm

ent (

RO

I) (1

50+%

)

6

VPP

Req

uire

men

ts

•A

ll em

ploy

ees m

ust h

ave

at le

ast t

hree

(3)

mea

ning

ful w

ays t

o pa

rtic

ipat

ein

Saf

ety

and

Hea

lth p

robl

em id

entif

icat

ion

and

reso

lutio

n

•Th

is in

volv

emen

t is i

n ad

ditio

n to

the

indi

vidu

al

righ

t to

notif

y su

perv

isor

s of h

azar

dous

co

nditi

ons a

nd p

ract

ices

, and

to h

ave

thes

e is

sues

addr

esse

d.

7

Empl

oyee

Invo

lvem

ent E

xam

ples

•Ex

ampl

es o

f em

ploy

ee in

volv

emen

t inc

lude

pa

rtici

patin

g in

:–

Safe

ty a

nd h

ealth

pro

blem

-sol

ving

team

s–

Rou

tine

asse

ssm

ents

or w

orks

ite in

spec

tions

–A

ccid

ent a

nd n

ear m

iss i

nves

tigat

ions

–H

azar

d an

alys

is a

nd a

bate

men

t pro

gram

s–

Vol

unte

erin

g to

be

a S

afet

y R

epre

sent

ativ

e –

Parti

cipa

te in

MC

CS

Safe

ty c

omm

ittee

s

8

VPP

Pro

cess

•V

PP is

a p

roce

ss, a

cul

ture

, Not

an

insp

ectio

n.•

Ther

e ar

e fo

ur m

ain

prin

cipl

esto

the

proc

ess:

1. M

anag

emen

t Lea

ders

hip

and

Empl

oyee

Invo

lvem

ent

2. W

ork

Site

Ana

lysi

s

3. H

azar

d Pr

even

tion

and

Con

trol

4. S

afet

y an

d H

ealth

Tra

inin

g

9

MC

B, C

amp

Leje

une

Man

agem

ent/L

eade

rshi

p

•O

ur M

anag

ers m

ust p

rovi

de v

isib

le le

ader

ship

by:

–Es

tabl

ishi

ng c

lear

line

s of c

omm

unic

atio

n fo

r saf

ety

and

heal

th p

olic

ies

–C

reat

ing

an e

nviro

nmen

t tha

t allo

ws f

or re

ason

able

em

ploy

ee a

cces

s to

top

site

man

agem

ent

–C

lear

ly d

efin

ing

resp

onsi

bilit

ies,

goal

s, an

d ob

ject

ives

–Se

tting

exa

mpl

e of

safe

and

hea

lthfu

l beh

avio

r

–En

surin

g al

l wor

kers

, inc

ludi

ng c

ontra

ctor

s, ha

ve h

igh

qual

ity sa

fety

and

hea

lth p

rote

ctio

n

10

MC

B, C

amp

Leje

une

Empl

oyee

Invo

lvem

ent

•O

ur sa

fety

cul

ture

mus

t ena

ble

mea

ning

ful e

mpl

oyee

in

volv

emen

t:–

Parti

cipa

tion

in c

omm

ittee

s, au

dits

, inv

estig

atio

ns, w

ork

area

se

lf in

spec

tions

, job

haz

ard

anal

yses

, etc

.

–A

war

enes

s of V

PP si

te p

artic

ipat

ion

–H

azar

d re

porti

ng

–R

ecei

ve fe

edba

ck -

sugg

estio

ns, h

azar

d re

ports

, etc

.

–Sa

fety

trai

ning

–D

emon

stra

te u

nder

stan

ding

of b

asic

prin

cipl

es o

f VPP

11

MC

B, C

amp

Leje

une

Wor

k Si

te A

naly

sis

•W

ork

Site

Ana

lysi

s inc

lude

s:–

Bas

elin

e Sa

fety

/Hea

lth H

azar

d A

naly

sis (

JHA

)–

Ong

oing

Haz

ard

Ana

lysi

s–

Pre-

use

Ana

lysi

s (m

ater

ials

/pro

cess

es)

–D

ocum

entin

g an

d U

se o

f Haz

ard

Ana

lyse

s–

Rou

tine

Insp

ectio

ns /

Self

Insp

ectio

ns

–Em

ploy

ee H

azar

d R

epor

ting

Syst

em–

Indu

stria

l Hyg

iene

–A

ccid

ent/I

ncid

ent I

nves

tigat

ions

–Tr

end

Ana

lysi

s

12

MC

B, C

amp

Leje

une

Haz

ard

Prev

entio

n an

d C

ontro

l

•H

azar

d Pr

even

tion

and

Con

trol i

nclu

des:

–IH

Sur

veys

con

duct

ed a

nnua

lly

–C

ontro

l hie

rarc

hy (e

ngin

eerin

g, a

dmin

istra

tive,

wor

k pr

actic

e, P

erso

nal P

rote

ctiv

e Eq

uipm

ent (

PPE)

)–

Prev

entiv

e m

aint

enan

ce to

kee

p eq

uipm

ent f

rom

bec

omin

g ha

zard

ous

–A

cces

s to

med

ical

/hea

lth p

rofe

ssio

nals

for p

hysi

cals

, tre

atm

ent,

first

aid

, CPR

, etc

. (B

ldg

65, U

SNH

)–

Emer

genc

y sy

stem

s (re

spon

se, t

rain

ing,

dril

ls, c

ritiq

ues)

–C

ontro

ls a

re u

nder

stoo

d, fo

llow

ed, a

nd e

nfor

ced

13

MC

B, C

amp

Leje

une

Safe

ty a

nd H

ealth

Tra

inin

g

•Sa

fety

and

Hea

lth T

rain

ing

incl

udes

:–

VPP

con

cept

s–

Empl

oyee

righ

ts u

nder

OSH

A–

Res

pons

ibili

ties o

f man

ager

s, su

perv

isor

s, w

orke

rs–

Rec

ogni

zing

haz

ardo

us c

ondi

tions

–Si

gns a

nd sy

mpt

oms o

f wor

kpla

ce re

late

d ill

ness

es–

Job

spec

ific

train

ing

–fo

r exa

mpl

e:Jo

b ha

zard

ana

lysi

s / p

rote

ctiv

e m

easu

res

Wor

k ar

ea in

spec

tion

/ sel

f-in

spec

tion

Mis

hap

inve

stig

atio

n.

–Si

te h

azar

ds a

nd p

rote

ctiv

e m

easu

res

–Em

erge

ncy

evac

uatio

n pr

oced

ures

Sum

mar

y

The

use

of t

he fo

ur m

ain

prin

cipl

es to

the

VPP

pr

oces

s:1.

Man

agem

ent L

eade

rshi

p an

d E

mpl

oyee

Invo

lvem

ent

2. W

ork

Site

Ana

lysi

s

3. H

azar

d Pr

even

tion

and

Con

trol

4. S

afet

y an

d H

ealth

Tra

inin

g

Mea

ns a

safe

r w

ork

plac

e fo

r Ev

eryo

ne!

14

EXTR

A S

LID

ES

15

16

Bec

omin

g a

Star

Site

•Th

e D

oD V

PP C

X

“Suc

cess

Roa

dmap

” co

nsis

ts o

f six

pr

oces

s pha

ses t

o as

sist

nom

inat

ed

site

s in

achi

evin

g V

PP S

tar

reco

gniti

on

MC

B, C

amL

ejC

urre

ntly

17

Phas

e I –

Orie

ntat

ion

/ Ass

essm

ent

(Jul

y 20

09)

•O

rient

atio

n/En

gage

men

t–

Prov

ided

an

over

view

of V

PP a

nd th

e D

oDV

PP C

X–

Enga

ged

key

stak

ehol

ders

in si

te V

PP e

ffor

ts–

Con

duct

ed a

Saf

ety

Perc

eptio

n Su

rvey

–B

egan

VPP

fam

iliar

izat

ion

train

ing

•A

sses

smen

t–

Con

duct

ed a

bas

elin

e as

sess

men

t of t

he si

te–

Prov

ided

the

site

with

a g

ap a

naly

sis a

nd in

itial

act

ion

plan

–R

einf

orce

d fa

mili

ariz

atio

n w

ith e

lect

roni

c to

ols p

rovi

ded

byth

e D

oDV

PP C

X

18

VPP

CX

Ons

ite E

valu

atio

n A

sses

smen

t

•Ev

alua

tion

cons

iste

d of

:–

Ope

ning

Con

fere

nce

–D

ocum

ent R

evie

w–

Wal

kthr

ough

of W

orks

ites

–Em

ploy

ee a

nd M

anag

emen

t Int

ervi

ews

–G

ap A

naly

sis a

nd A

ctio

n Pl

an R

epor

t–

Clo

sing

Con

fere

nce

•In

tend

ed to

mirr

or a

n O

SHA

on-

site

vi

sit

19

Ons

ite W

alkt

hrou

gh

•Th

e on

site

wal

kthr

ough

di

ffer

ed fr

om a

n in

spec

tion

–A

sses

sed

polic

y vs

. pra

ctic

e in

repr

esen

tativ

e ar

eas

–N

oted

bes

t pra

ctic

es a

nd

sign

ifica

nt h

azar

ds

–C

ondu

cted

info

rmal

in

terv

iew

s in

empl

oyee

wor

k ar

eas

20

Gap

Ana

lysi

s Rep

ort

•Th

e ob

ject

ive

of th

e ga

p an

alys

is w

as to

dev

elop

an

actio

n pl

an w

hich

:–

Iden

tifie

d un

met

VPP

requ

irem

ents

–Se

rved

as r

oadm

ap to

obt

ain

VPP

cer

tific

atio

n

21

Gap

Ana

lysi

s Con

tent

s

•Th

e ga

p an

alys

is c

over

ed:

–In

jury

dat

a (la

st th

ree

year

s)–

Man

agem

ent L

eade

rshi

p In

volv

emen

t–

Empl

oyee

Invo

lvem

ent

–Po

licie

s and

pro

cedu

res

–Ex

istin

g pr

ogra

ms v

s. O

SHA

VPP

crit

eria

.

•V

PP im

plem

enta

tion

gaps

are

Nor

mal

and

Expe

cted

22

Thre

e St

ages

of P

rogr

am M

atur

ity

•G

ap a

naly

sis p

aral

lels

the

thre

e st

ages

of t

he fo

rmal

O

SHA

Cha

lleng

e pr

oces

s•

Stag

es re

quire

pro

gres

sive

ly in

crea

sing

dep

th:

–St

age

1: In

itial

dev

elop

men

t of p

olic

ies,

proc

edur

es, a

nd p

rogr

ams

–St

age

2: C

omm

unic

ate

to si

te, t

rain

per

sonn

el,

impl

emen

t–

Stag

e 3:

Ful

l im

plem

enta

tion,

con

tinuo

usim

prov

emen

t

23

Phas

e II

–Im

plem

enta

tion

Supp

ort

(Jul

y 20

10)

•D

oD C

X S

uppo

rt In

clud

es:

–V

PP G

ap A

naly

sis /

Act

ion

Plan

–A

cces

s to

subj

ect m

atte

r exp

erts

-”Im

plem

enta

tion

Lead

s”–

Add

ition

al su

ppor

t and

impl

emen

tatio

n fo

r sel

ecte

d in

stal

latio

ns–

Find

ing

a m

ento

r (G

E of

Wilm

ingt

on p

ossi

ble

cand

idat

e)

–A

cces

s to

web

inar

s, w

orks

hops

, tra

inin

g, v

ideo

s, be

st

prac

tices

, too

ls, e

tc.

–Pr

ogre

ss re

porti

ng to

Ten

nant

Com

man

ds

–V

PP e

-Too

l app

licat

ion

deve

lopm

ent

–Pr

e-O

SHA

eva

luat

ion

supp

ort w

ith M

ock

Aud

it vi

sit

24

Gap

Ana

lysi

s Gra

phic

Sum

mar

y R

epor

t

25

Phas

e II

I -A

pplic

atio

n

•Th

e A

pplic

atio

n e-

Tool

:–

Pro

vide

s an

on-

line

do

cum

ent f

iling

syst

em fo

r eac

h re

quire

d ap

plic

atio

n el

emen

t–

Rev

iew

ed b

y H

Q

and

DoD

VP

P C

X

subj

ect m

atte

r ex

perts

26

Phas

e IV

–O

SHA

On-

Site

•Th

e O

SH

A O

n-si

te:

–C

X is

ava

ilabl

e to

co

nduc

t a “v

alid

atio

n” a

nd

coac

hing

vis

it pr

ior t

o O

SH

A on

-site

eva

luat

ion

27

Phas

e V

-A

ppro

val

28

Phas

e V

I -Su

stai

nmen

t

•Su

stai

nmen

t sup

port

incl

udes

:–

Con

tinue

d ac

cess

to th

e D

oD V

PP C

X W

eb P

orta

l fo

r up-

to-d

ate:

Tool

sTr

aini

ng M

ater

ials

Bes

t Pra

ctic

es In

form

atio

n.–

Parti

cipa

tion

in w

orks

hops

and

oth

er tr

aini

ng

even

ts–

Con

tinue

d ac

cess

to th

e w

eb-b

ased

VPP

App

licat

ion

tool

(e-V

PP to

ol) f

or A

nnua

l Rep

orts