Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)

The Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) are designed to recognize and promote effective safety and health management. In the VPP,
management, labor, and OSHA establish a cooperative relationship at a workplace that has implemented a strong program.

The following benefits have been cited by current VPP participants:

• Improved employee motivation to work safely, leading to better quality and productivity
   
• Reduced workers' compensation costs
   
• Recognition in the community
   
• Improvement of programs that are already good, through the internal and external review that's part of the VPP application process
   
• VPP participant sites generally experience from 60 to 80 percent fewer lost workday injuries than would be expected of an "average" site of the same size in their industries