Jan 30, 2019   SOURCE: BusinessWire

PacSci EMC Site Receives the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Award from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

PacSci EMC’s Chandler site has achieved certification to VPP Star worksite status by OSHA, reflecting the company’s commitment to safety excellence. PacSci EMC has long been an industry leader in employee health and safety and a source of safety benchmarking by companies across the United States. Approval into VPP is OSHA’s official recognition of the outstanding efforts of employers and employees who have achieved exemplary occupational safety and health standards.

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“The work we do helps keep our end user—warfighters, law enforcement, commercial pilots, oilfield workers and the general public—safe and out of harm's way,” said Gregory J. Scaven, PacSci EMC president. “But the only way to be successful in the energetics business is to put employee safety above all else, and certification to VPP Star status reinforces this message. Safety is at the core of everything we do here - it's more than policies and procedures; it's how we do business, and it's how we live.”

VPP certification recognizes companies for outstanding safety and health management systems and for maintaining injury and illness rates below the national Bureau of Labor statistics averages. It is attained only after intensive and lengthy preparation, extensive employee interviews and rigorous onsite evaluation conducted by health and safety professionals. Star status is OSHA's highest VPP certification level.

“Employee involvement is the cornerstone of our safety culture,” said John Walker, Chandler General Manager. “The leadership of our conscientious and dedicated employees sets the tone for safety each and every day. Being awarded VPP Star status reflects our ongoing commitment to safety and health programs at our Arizona site.”

OSHA and PacSci EMC believe continuous improvement of safety and health programs are the best way to prevent occupational illnesses and injuries. The VPP was created in 1982 to encourage industry-related facilities to strive for safety excellence and OSHA formally announced the program in 1986. VPP sites have shown that their commitment to employee protection extends beyond the OSHA standards.

PacSci EMC joins a notable group of 46 Arizona companies who have earned the OSHA VPP Star status.

ABOUT PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC ENERGETIC MATERIALS COMPANY LLC (PacSci EMC):

PacSci EMC provides pyrotechnic and energetic material devices and integrated systems that operate on command, when commanded – down to the millisecond. The safe and reliable operation of our products drives us from development, design and testing to manufacturing and final assembly. From critical systems such as aircraft emergency safety systems to sequencing systems for missiles, our components can be found throughout the world. Our innovations in environmentally conscious energetic materials along with our propulsion and sequencing systems are a result of over 65 years of experience working for customers in commercial aerospace, military, space, oil and gas, and law enforcement.