TelAlaska Receives Recognition for Outstanding Safety Program
TelAlaska recently achieved Merit status in Alaska’s Occupational
Safety and Health (AKOSH) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)
for creating safer environments for employees in its Nome area
operations. Once VPP status is achieved, the designated company
unit is exempt from some targeted industry inspections, allowing
AKOSH inspectors to focus resources on areas more in need of
attention. AKOSH credits the program with helping companies
achieve a 50 percent decrease in workplace injuries.
TelAlaska’s Unalaska area office was the first telecommunications
group in America to be awarded the designation in 2003. The
company’s Seward office achieved VPP status later that
year.
Above: A representative from the Alaska
Department of Labor and Workforce Development visited Nome in
November to present the Merit VPP certificate to TelAlaska’s
staff in Nome. From left to right is Albert McComas, Dawn
Ring, Andrew Hennings, Randy Arndt, Chuck Titus, Grey Mitchell
(Alaska Department of Labor), and Jason Louvier.
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