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Cintas First Aid and Safety Location in Canton, Ohio Certified as VPP Star Site
OHSA’s Voluntary Protection Program recognizes Cintas location as a top worksite for safety and health management and practices CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nOHSA’s Voluntary Protection Program recognizes Cintas location as a top worksite for safety and health management and practices\n\n\n CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nOhio OSHA formally honored Cintas Corporation’s (Nasdaq: CTAS) First Aid and Safety Location in Canton, Ohio, as a Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star certified location during Friday’s ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230814511432/en/VPP Ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Photo: Business Wire)\nThe VPP Star program was created by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to recognize stand-out worksites that have comprehensive, successful safety and health management systems. Companies that have earned a VPP Star designation have achieved injury and illness rates at or below the national average of their respective industries and have established strong workplace hazard control programs.\n\n\n>> Media Use Assets (available on Dropbox)\n\n\nDuring the presentation, Michael Smith, the location’s General Manager, accepted the honor on his team’s behalf.\n\n\n“Being recognized by the Ohio Board with VPP Star certification is a tremendous honor for us,” Smith said. “We have dedicated employee-partners at our location, and they are invested in maintaining a safe workplace for each other. Gaining VPP certification was a long, thorough process, but it means so much to everyone here at this operation.”\n\n\nOSHA established VPP to promote effective and cooperative worksite safety and health in both private industry and at federal worksites.\n\n\nAchieving VPP certification is rigorous. Businesses must demonstrate that management and employees work cooperatively – and proactively – to prevent workplace accidents by implementing a comprehensive safety and health management system and maintaining injury and illness rates below national Bureau of Labor Statistic averages for their respective industries.\n\n\nThis program is OSHA’s official recognition of the outstanding efforts of employers and employees who have achieved exemplary occupational safety and health. To remain in the program, VPP participants must be re-evaluated every three to five years.\n\n\nCintas’ commitment to OSHA’s VPP has set a new standard for U.S. companies...