D2 Industrial is one of several contractors at Benicia’s Valero Refinery to have certified for Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). It’s a remarkable achievement owing to the impressive safety culture …
Tim Donaldson, technical operator at Phillips 66’s Sacramento fuel terminal, says he “found my home” when he took a job at the giant oil company. As one of two operators …
Sierra Pacific Industries President George Emmerson calls the firm’s Oroville sawmill a “truly intense industrial environment.” A tour of the sprawling facility shows why. It’s also a testament to the …
California’s Voluntary Protection Program has restarted a long-dormant program for companies who are striving to attain Star status. Known as Reach, the program was put on hiatus in the late …
MODESTO – Getting into Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is difficult. It’s probably the hardest such program in the nation. But often, maintaining a VPP-level program is even more difficult. …
BENICIA – Good news seems in short supply these days in California oil refining. Cal/OSHA regulators are busy preparing a massive overhaul of the process safety management standard in the …
SAN FRANCISCO – Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program community is tight knit and cooperative, willing to share best practices, all in the name of keeping workplaces safe and workers whole. On …
Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program plans an Oct. 2-3 symposium on safety excellence in San Francisco. The event is being held in memory of Craig Marshall, a VPP consultant who died …