Voluntary Protection Program Initiative

Clean Harbors VPP Overview

Clean Harbors is committed to Health and Safety.  In 2003, several Clean Harbors facilities pursued OSHA VPP Star status by participating in the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program.  The Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) promotes worksite-based safety and health.  In the VPP, management, labor, and OSHA establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system. Approval into the VPP is OSHA’s official recognition of the outstanding efforts of employers and employees who have achieved exemplary occupational safety and health. Clean Harbors Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) are the only TSDFs in the U.S. to be admitted into the VPP Star program.

Statistical evidence for VPP’s success is impressive. The average VPP worksite has a lost workday incidence rate (DART) 52% below the average for its industry.  Since Clean Harbors initiated efforts in VPP, we have seen similar reductions in both our TRIR and DART rates.  In 2003 our TRIR was 3.96 and our DART was 2.67.  For 2007, our rates finished at 2.4 and 1.1 (TRIR and DART, respectively.)  This is approximately a 40% reduction in the TRIR and an almost 60% reduction in the DART.  Learn more about Clean Harbors' commitment to Health & Safety.

Clean Harbors Current VPP Status

Clean Harbors VPP Star Sites

• Lone Mountain, OK became the first commercial TSDF to obtain Star status in June 2005. learn more »
• Reidsville, NC achieved North Carolina Rising Star status in May 2006 and will be recognized as Carolina Star status in early 2008. learn more »
• Cincinnati (Spring Grove), OH achieved Star status in August 2007. learn more »
• Kimball, NE achieved Merit status in September of 2007

Clean Harbors Sites Approaching Star Status

• Deer Park, TX
• Baltimore, MD
• Buttonwillow, CA
• Aragonite, UT

Clean Harbors Sites Initiating VPP Projects

• Bristol, CT
• Bartow, FL
• Deer Trail, CO
• Lambton, ON (Initiated under "Clean Harbors' Star Status")