1. 1 Protecting the ultimate resource – our people! Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP): A DoD Overview Colonel John Ciesla Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army For Environment, Safety and Occupational Health

2. 2 Voluntary Protection Program Formal recognition by OSHA Exclusive: 2,000 Star Sites in the U.S. out of more than 7 million worksites Recognizes workplaces that have gone beyond safety compliance into world class performance VPP Recognition aligns with VPP Recognition aligns with DoD’s values & philosophy DoD’s values & philosophy Synchronizes with the SECDEF’s Synchronizes with the SECDEF’s goals of the Mishap Reduction goals of the Mishap Reduction Challenge Challenge Increases SOH awareness, ownership & accountability Increases readiness Decreases injuries & illnesses Improves employee morale Provides positive return on investment Provides positive public relations in the community & with political stakeholders Improves safety management systems VPP chosen due to proven mishap and worker’s compensation claim reductions in both private and federal sectors Installation progress is monitored by Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

3. 3 DoD Star Sites

4. 4 Army VPP Nominated Sites MTA Camp Robinson Rock Island Arsenal White Sands MR Ft Jackson USAED Louisville Ft Indiantown Gap Ft Polk Not Pictured: – USAG Grafenwoehr Germany – USAG Kaiserslautern Germany Blue Grass Army Depot Corpus Christi Army Depot Crane Army Ammunition Plant Ft Belvoir Ft Bragg Ft Gordon McAlester Army Ammunition Plant Pine Bluff Arsenal Red River Army Depot Tooele Army Depot West Point Military Academy Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Sierra Army Depot Camp Grafton Ft Riley Ft Drum Watervliet Arsenal Ft Campbell Anniston Army Deport Baltimore District Ft AP Hill CSMS SD ARNG

5. 5 DoD VPP Nominated Sites – Navy NAS Lemoore NSA CraneNSWC Indian Head Not Pictured: – Naval Base Guam Naval Base Pearl Harbor FRCE Cherry Point NAS JBR Fort Worth NAVFAC Midlant Corp RTC Great Lakes NAVST Everett TRF, Kings Bay NAVFAC Midlant New England NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic- Pennsylvania NAVFAC Midlant Virginia Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach NASNI Coronado NAS Pt Mugu/ Pt Hueneme NAS Pt. Loma/ North Island NAVFAC Lemoore NAS Key West NAS Jacksonville NS Mayport NH Corpus Christi NE Medical Support NB San Diego NAS Oceana Ops Logistic Support NAB Little Creek NAS Patuxent River NSA Panama City SE Regional Maintenance Ctr NAVFAC Southwest HQ

6. 6 DoD VPP Nominated Sites - Air Force Whiteman AFB Edwards AFB Eglin AFB Kirtland AFB Hurlburt AFB Buckley AFB Travis AFB Elmendorf AFB Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Altus AFB Eielson AFB Hanscom AFB Hill AFB Holloman AFB Los Angeles AFB Robins AFB 3 sites Tinker AFB Wright Patterson AFB USAF HQ McGuire AFB Fairchild AFB Hickam AFB Dover AFB Charleston AFB Shaw AFB MacDill AFB Laughlin AFB Cannon AFB Malmstrom AFB Scott AFB Arnold AFB

7. 7 DoD VPP Nominated Sites – Marines MCB Camp Pendleton Miramar MCAS MCB Camp Lejeune MCB HI MC Logistics Base, Barstow MC Maintenance Center, Barstow MC Maintenance Center, Albany Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

8. 8 DoD VPP Nominated Sites – Defense Logistics Agency DRMO Stockton CPC Stockton DRMO Mechanicsburg DRMO Texarkana, DEMIL Lone Star HDI Federal Center Ft Belvoir McNamara Norfolk DDC Red River DDC OK City DDC Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Columbus DDC DLA IPE Mechanicsburg Ft. Belvoir Corp

9. 9 Recent and Upcoming Events NAS Key West VPP Star Flag Ceremony June 12, 2008 ANG - 148th Fighter Wing, Duluth, MN VPP Star Flag Ceremony June 15, 2008 MCLB Barstow VPP Star Flag Ceremony July 10, 2008 DoD VPP Day at Delta HQ Atlanta, GA July 18, 2008 US Army Corps of Engineers S&H Conf., August 18, 2008 DoD-only Session at VPPPA Conf., August 25, 2008 National VPPPA Conference, August 24-28, 2008 www.upcomingevents.ctc.com

10. 10 Current list of proposed Year Four sites: Army (10): Military Ocean Terminal NC Deseret Chemical Depot, UT Blue Grass Chemical Activity, KY Umatilla Chemical Depot, OR Blanchfield Army Medical Center, Fort Campbell, KY US Army Engineer District Memphis, TN US Army Engineer District Philadelphia, PA US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn, NY) IMCOM-Europe Headquarters, Heidelberg Germany* MEDDAC, Ft. Polk, LA Air Force (14): Barksdale AFB, LA Cannon AFB, NM Grand Forks AFB, ND Goodfellow, AFB McChord AFB, WA McConnell AFB, KS Mountain Home AFB, ID Pope AFB, NC Schriever AFB, CO Scott AFB, IL Seymour-Johnson, AFB, NC Shaw AFB, SC Sheppard AFB, TX Vandenberg AFB, CA Year Four and the Way Ahead

11. 11 Navy (9): Ship Repair Facility Yokosuka-Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF- JRMC) Naval Submarine Support Facility New London, CT Naval Submarine Base New London, CT Naval Station Newport, RI Naval Station Great Lakes, Waukegan, IL Naval Base Point Loma, CA Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, Portsmouth, VA Naval Hospital Yokosuka-Japan Year Four and the Way Ahead Current list of proposed Year Four sites (Continued): Marine Corps (2): Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC Marine Corps Logistics Headquarters Albany, GA Defense Logistics Agency (4): DSCP - Philadelphia, PA DDRV - Richmond, VA DDCS - Susquehanna, PA DDPW - Tacoma, WA

12. 12 EVPP Tool

13. 13 EVPP Tool

14. 14 Communicating Progress

15. 15 DoD VPP Challenges & Lessons Learned Challenges observed -Recordkeeping -Employee Involvement -Contractor Safety Lessons Learned - Information sharing between Safety and Occupational Health required to complete OSHA 300 log -Engage Union & Leadership early in the VPP Process -To be effective, VPP must integrated into all processes

16. 16 VPP Questions? Colonel John Ciesla Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety & Occupational Health (703) 697-3124 John.Ciesla@us.army.mil