January 26, 2005—Pro-Tec Coating Company of Leipsic, Ohio, has received the highest honor for voluntary worker protection programs from the US Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), making it the first company in the metal coating and allied services industrial classification to achieve “Star” status in OSHA’s prestigious Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP).
The Star VPP award recognizes businesses with outstanding management systems and programs for preventing occupational injuries and illnesses. OSHA praised Pro-Tec for providing excellent technology, resources, and training for all of its 230 employees. Pro-Tec Coating’s injury and illness rates are 80 percent below the workplace average for metal coating and allied services firms.
