Applying OSHAs VPP Criteria to a Safety Metrics Program

Applying OSHA s VPP Criteria to a Safety Metrics Program 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration s VPP Program criteria can be used to establish safety performance measures for the workplace. The requirements are activity-based, which means they are easily applied to a monitoring and assessment program. The safety metrics could consist of monitoring and recording whether the activities have been conducted. 

With these activity-based performance measures, there is also a variety of safety metrics that can be used to assess program performance. As identified by OSHA in studies ofVPP organizations, OSHA injury incidence rates, lost work day rates, and workers compensation losses are a few safety metrics that have been correlated to the performance of the VPP criteria activities. These measures can easily be expanded to include unsafe behaviors, accident trends, and near misses. 

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