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Joint Federal and State VPP Ceremony Held at Yellowstone National Park |
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A VPP ceremony was held on October 21, 2004 in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming to celebrate the efforts of both Yellowstone National Park and its primary concessionaire, Xanterra Parks and Resorts, for advancing worker safety and health at the park. This marks the first time concurrent VPP Federal and State awards have been presented to two employers at one location operating under split Federal/State OSHA jurisdiction. The Wyoming Department of Employment, Worker's Safety and Compensation Division, operates an OSHA-approved State Plan, which includes a VPP program known as the "Wyoming Cowboy VPP." Wyoming Worker Safety has jurisdiction for most private sector employment in Wyoming, including Xanterra Parks and Resorts, a private contractor operating within Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior and whose Federal employees fall under the jurisdiction of Federal OSHA, is part of Federal OSHA’s VPP program. The park and the concessionaire were respectively designated as VPP Merit participants by Federal OSHA and by Wyoming Worker Safety. Federal VPP Merit participants meet safety and health requirements that exceed minimum OSHA standards. Wyoming OSHA's Cowboy VPP Merit participants meet requirements that exceed Wyoming State standards. State Plan States like Wyoming have standards which are identical to or "at least as effective as" Federal OSHA standards. Xanterra Parks and Resorts was approved for Cowboy VPP Merit status on July 15, 2004, by Wyoming Worker Safety. The company provides lodging, campground, restaurant and other services to the park and employs approximately 200 off-season and 2,500 in-season employees. "It is a distinct pleasure to recognize Xanterra Parks and Resorts as Wyoming’s fifth Cowboy VPP site," said J.D. Danni, Wyoming OSHA Program Manager. "Xanterra operates a variety of lodging and recreational activities in Yellowstone, and the quality and sophistication of their programs are outstanding. The enthusiasm for health and safety shown by their staff and employees is impressive, and made all the more so because of the multi-cultural and multi-national make-up of their workforce." Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal congratulated Xanterra as "the first parks and resorts management business, not only in Wyoming but in the nation, to achieve Merit status." Yellowstone National Park was approved for VPP Merit status on August 25, 2004, by OSHA Assistant Secretary John Henshaw and became the first National Park to enter VPP. |
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