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VPPPA Annual Awards

Applications for the 2024 VPPPA Awards have closed.

The VPPPA Annual Awards recognize those VPPPA member sites and individuals that have made exceptional contributions to advancing health and safety excellence through collaboration, mentorship, and education to raise the standard for a safe & healthy workplace. These pioneers have shared their knowledge of safe practices with others or developed new techniques to create a safer and healthier work environment.

All award submissions undergo a comprehensive technical review by the National VPPPA Awards and Scholarship Committee subject matter experts.

Awards

Mentor of the Year NEW!

Award Criteria

*Required

The Mentor needs to be an active Full Member company or an employee of an active Full Member company.*
The Mentor needs to accomplish or needs to have the mentee accomplish any of the following during mentor-mentee process:
- The mentor must meet regularly (i.e., at least quarterly per year) with mentee to monitor and document progress. These meetings must include a joint review of the current health and safety workplace status of the mentee, and the mentor must provide recommendations on what the mentee needs to do to improve their workplace health and safety.*
- The mentor must provide the mentee with information on how to prepare a successful application to OSHA for VPP Star Site status.*
- Based on the mentor’s support, the mentee applies to OSHA for VPP Star Site status.
- Based on the mentor’s support, the mentee achieves VPP Star Site status.

Learn more about Mentoring.

VPP Outreach Award

The purpose of the VPP Outreach Award is to provide recognition for our “VPP Ambassadors”. This award recognizes those who achieve an outstanding level of outreach activity and encourage others to share their knowledge. Reaching out to communicate and persuade others of the benefits of pursuing OSHA or DOE VPP approval is an important part of the mission of the VPPPA. Another part of the mission is to persuade other government regulatory agencies to adopt similar programs. The VPP Outreach Award is for an individual, company or worksite that has done an extraordinary amount of work in these areas.

VPP Innovation Award

The purpose of the VPP Innovation Award is to provide recognition for an individual, company or worksite that has developed and successfully implemented an innovation, encouraged others to try new approaches and emphasized the value of creativity and flexibility in the resolution of worker safety and health problems. The innovation may be program-related or of a technical nature.

Safety & Health Outreach Award

The Safety and Health Outreach Award honors individuals, companies, or worksites that excel in extending their safety, health, technical, and management knowledge to other departments within their site. This award recognizes those who have demonstrated exceptional outreach efforts to enhance safety and health practices across various areas of their organization.

VPPPA Emerging Safety Leader Excellence Award

The VPPPA Emerging Safety Leader Excellence Award recognizes and celebrates outstanding individuals with less than 10 years of experience in the EHS field. They have demonstrated exceptional dedication, leadership, and innovation in advancing health and safety excellence. This award honors the next generation of safety professionals who have gone above and beyond in making a significant impact on workplace safety, regardless of whether they come from a VPP site or a non-VPP site.

Awards Recognition

Award winners will be recognized at the annual Safety+ Symposium. Additionally, winners are featured in a special post on VPPPA’s social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter), a press release goes out to our media/news outlets, and an eblast announcement is sent to all members.