OSHA updates VPP policy on safety and health management systems

OSHA has updated its Voluntary Protection Programs policy to require seven elements of safety and health management systems, effective June 16, expanding from the previous four-element framework established in January 2020. Construction companies participating in VPP must now align their safety programs with these additional management system components.

Washington — OSHA has updated its Voluntary Protection Programs policy document to include seven elements of safety and health management systems. The directive, which went into effect June 16, replaces one from January 2020 that listed four elements of SHMS. The seven elements, as described in the…

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