{"id":6658,"date":"2016-09-12T15:40:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T15:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=6658"},"modified":"2016-09-12T15:40:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T15:40:03","slug":"jlg-becomes-first-company-in-access-industry-to-achieve-vpp-star-site-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/jlg-becomes-first-company-in-access-industry-to-achieve-vpp-star-site-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHA awards JLG STAR Site certification for workplace safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

JLG<\/a> has received OSHA\u2019s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)<\/a> STAR Site certification. JLG is the first company in the access industry to achieve this recognition from OSHA, and both facilities are the first in Cumberland and Bedford Counties to be named Safety Through Accountability and Reliability (STAR) Sites.<\/p>\n

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David Olah, right, of OSHA in Harrisburg presents a workplace safety award to JLG Industries employees, from left, Jeffrey Rush, Patrick Sherman and Jaime Suders.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cJLG joins a short list of just 2,217 facilities or one half of one percent of the approximate six million U.S. companies that have received this certification,\u201d said Jeffrey Rush, vice president of manufacturing \u2013 Americas at JLG Industries. \u201cThat puts us in some pretty elite company and reflects the value JLG, parent company Oshkosh Corporation, and production teams in Shippensburg and Bedford place on safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

STAR Site certification is the highest VPP certification level awarded by OSHA and follows a rigorous audit and onsite interviews that ensure a site is adhering to the strict guidelines set forth by VPP. Companies who achieve the VPP Star award record injury and illness rates at or below the national average for their industry. JLG reports a rate that is less than half the industry average.<\/p>\n