Working for Global Sustainability
Aiming for a 10x Return for Every Environmental Dollar
Safety Program
CleanAir recognizes the importance of the health, safety and welfare of its most valuable resource: the employee. Furthermore, we realize that safety plays a vital role in increasing the value of our products and services for our clients. Key considerations in CleanAir's approach to its health and safety policy include the development of programs which promote consistency; standardization of equipment and 
procedures throughout the corporation in order to maximize the ability to interchange personnel; and participation in internal joint venture projects. Special attention is afforded to each safety program component to ensure ease of implementation, comprehensive training and that it can be adequately enforced.
All new safety procedures that CleanAir develops and implements are posted on a company intranet site devoted to safety. This site serves as the holding place for all safety procedures, audits, training information, reporting data/forms, and all other materials that are related to Clean Air's safety program.
Goals
The primary goal is zero accidents in the workplace. A secondary goal is completing the OSHA Challenge, an OSHA cooperative program and ultimately becoming a recognized VPP (Voluntary Protection Program) Star company.
The OSHA Challenge Program caters to employers wanting to improve their safety and health management systems and expedite their efforts to attain VPP status. CleanAir's president, Bill Walker has signed the agreement with OSHA promising to provide leadership's commitment and resources to effectively implement a VPP caliber safety system.
After completing the OSHA Challenge cooperative program, CleanAir plans to apply for VPP status. VPP is designed to recognize and promote effective safety and health management. In the VPP, management, labor, and OSHA establish a cooperative relationship at a workplace that has implemented a strong safety program.
VPP participants are a select group of facilities that have designed and implemented outstanding health and safety programs. "Star" participants meet all VPP requirements. "Merit" participants have demonstrated the potential and willingness to achieve Star program status, and are implementing planned steps to fully meet all Star requirements. Our goal should be no less than to achieve VPP Star status.
The following benefits have been cited by current VPP participants:
- Improved employee motivation to work safely, leading to better quality and productivity;
- Reduced workers' compensation costs;
- Recognition in the community;
- Improvement of programs that are already good, through the internal and external review that's part of the VPP application process;
- VPP participant sites generally experience from 60 to 80 percent fewer lost workday injuries than would be expected of an "average" site of the same size in their industries.
CleanAir feels that employees are their biggest asset and by maintaining a proactive approach toward safety will best accomplish our primary goal of zero accidents. By fostering a relationship with OSHA, CleanAir believes will provide the best avenue to accomplish our goals and illustrate to our clients our devoted commitment to the health and safety of our employees.