STARBURST/SUMMER
2000 1
Summer 2000 A
Quarterly Newsletter For and About DOE’s Voluntary Protection Program
Voluntary Protection Program Participant’s
Association (VPPPA)
16th Annual Conference Feature Issue “Soaring
Beyond the Star” is
the theme of this
year’s Voluntary Protection Program Participants’
Association
(VPPPA) Conference. More than 1500 representatives
from leading companies in safety and health
excellence are expected to participate in the 16th Annual
Conference that will be held in Seattle, Washington,
on August 28 - 31, 2000. The highlight of this
four-day event will be an exchange of the latest best practices
for workplace safety and health, and environmental
protection. Featured speakers include Charles
Jeffress, Assistant Secretary for the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration and Bob Bigony,
Senior Vice President of Motorola, Inc. The Department
of Energy will sponsor presentations on safety
excellence within security operations, an overview of
corporate-wide successes with VPP, a session on maintaining
VPP excellence through programmatic changes
and a presentation on DOE’s Integrated Safety Management
System and how it helps sites achieve VPP recognition.
IN THIS ISSUE
What
is DOE-VPP? .................................................... 2
Conference
Overviews ............................................... 3
Conference
Agenda ..................................................... 3
Feature:
DOE-VPP Best Practices ............................. 6-7
West
Valley Receives VPP Star Status ......................... 8
Improving
the DOE-VPP Program Guidance ................ 9
Beryllium
Standard: 10 CFR 850 and VPP ................ 10
Innovations
in Fire Safety Programs ......................... 10
Improving
Voluntary Protection Program Dialogue Using
Knowledge Management Techniques............... 11
DOE-VPP
Sites .......................................................... 12
Safety
Tip .................................................................. 12
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