July 7, 2003—Life Care Center of Treasure Valley in Boise, Idaho, has received the Merit Recognition Award from the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the nursing home’s outstanding safety and health program.
OSHA found that the LCCTV excels in established emergency preparedness procedures, preventive maintenance, and general housekeeping. The nursing home has made a commitment to improvements in some of its safety procedures, including ergonomics. OSHA called the LCCTV nursing home “a model of workplace safety excellence in the nursing home industry.” The LCCTV is the first nursing home in the Northwest to receive such recognition and one of 11 VPP sites in Idaho.
The Merit Recognition Award is part of OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) designed to promote and recognize effective safety and health programs in the workplace. Only employers with the best job safety and health programs are eligible for the Voluntary Protection Program. VPP sites must implement safe working procedures that meet or exceed all OSHA regulatory standards and must submit to an OSHA review of their programs.
