OSHA SHARP program

Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program, (n.d.). Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA), SHARP Program, Public Domain, Permission to Reprint, Modify, and/or Adapt as necessary. Retrieved from http //bit.ly/XHf9nd. 

The following is a brief worksheet from the OSHA SHARP program that is divided into the... 

This body of research, combined with studies of individual companies (see boxes, below, with Case Studies of Programs Implemented under OSHA s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) and Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP)) danonstrate clearly that injury and illness prevention programs are effective at the establishment level in dramatically reducing risk of workplace injury. This effect has also been detected in state-wide comparisons. 

Anthony Forestry Products is a fourth generation, family-owned lumber and wood products company. Its laminated wood products plant in El Dorado, Arkansas, employs a staff of 80. The company initiated efforts to improve its safety practices and, in 2001, began working with OSHA s On-Site Consultation Program on a voluntary basis to put in place a working safety and health management system. By 2002, the site was accepted into the SHARP. As a result of this work, the company s workers compensation loss rate (in losses per 1,000 of payroll) decreased from 18.20 in 1998 to 0.30 in 2007. 

An internal OSHA study of nine SHARP firms, ranging in size from 15 to 160 employees, found that the firms achieved the following as a result of their programs ... 

See also Alliance Program, OSHA Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) Strat ic Partnership Program, OSHA. 

A forest products company saved over 1 million in workers compensation and other costs from 2001 to 2006 by investing approximately 50,000 in safety improvements and employee training costs. The company has participated in OSHA s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) since 1998. 

Yes. Under the consultation program, certain exemplary employers may request participation in OSHA s Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP). Eligibility for participation in SHARP includes, but is not limited to, receiving a full-service, comprehensive consultation visit, correcting all identified hazards, and developing an effective safety and health man ment S3%tem. 

OSHA requires employers who want to participate in the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) to implement safety and health management system that, at a minimum, addresses OSHA s 1989 Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. 

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