OSHA has several National Emphasis Programs, and some OSHA Regions also have Regional Emphasis Programs. This is were OSHA focuses on those work locations that handle a specific hazardous material or use a specific hazardous process. OSHA develops a process for directing more of their inspection resources to those locations, separate from their more general, random and routine inspections.
There have been national emphasis programs that focused on, for example, those industries that use lead, and one is beginning that will focus on those plants that generate explosive dusts.
A state can manage its own OSHA program if:The program applies to government employees of the state and its agencies, counties, cities, etc.,The standards are at least as stringent as the Federal OSHA Standards,The program is staffed at least as well as is Federal OSHA, andThe program has been reviewed and approved by Federal OSHA.
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OSHA has nothing to say about anyone's recreational water safety program.
Federal OSHA has complete jurisdiction in Georgia, there is not Georgia State Plan.
Federal OSHA or, in states with a state OSHA program, state OSHA.
Illinois has a State OSHA program that covers state government employees (and those of county and city governments, etc.) only. Federal OSHA retains responsibility for private sector employees and for federal government employees.
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Yes. VPP stands for Voluntary Protection Programs. VPP was developed by OSHA and is a cooperative program between management, labor, and OSHA.
CSHO is Certified Safety and Health Official. it is a program of OSHA safety courses that results in a certificate and a title from OSHA.
Army Regulation 385-10 includes the OSHA regulations. This is the Army's document that outlines and contains the Army Safety Program.
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VPP stands for Voluntary Protection Program. This program was developed by Federal OSHA to give employers with good safety programs a chance to maintain and improve while working in cooperation with OSHA, rather than in an adversarial, enforcement relationship. The program was adopted by the State Plan States, including California, where it is run by Cal OSHA, the California Occupational Safety and Health Agency.