Workplaces in West, Midwest United States Recognized for Being Free of Injuries, Illnesses in 2022

Thirty-five employers across six states received OSHA recognition.

A total of 35 employers, all in the OSHA Region VIII Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association Inc., between six states are being recognized for not having any injuries or illnesses at workplaces last year.

OSHA announced the employers in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming on June 8 and June 12, 2023. The employers, known as "Zeroes Heroes,” are part of OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).

"These 'Zeroes Heroes' sites show that by committing to systems-based approaches to employee safety and health—such as the OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs—employers can keep workers safe and free of injury," said OSHA Regional Administrator Jennifer Rous in Denver in a news release.

Per news releases, the employers include:

Colorado

  • Plains End LLC
  • Raytheon Technologies Corp.
  • Tri-State Generation and Transmission Corporate Flight Operations
  • Navarro Research and Engineering Rocky Mountain Arsenal
  • NuStar Energy Central West Region Colorado District
  • AECOM Rocky Mountain Arsenal
  • Onward Energy SWG Arapahoe LLC
  • Owens Corning Trumbull Asphalt
  • S. Department of the Army Rocky Mountain Arsenal
  • Molson Coors Beverage Co. McIntyre Elevator
  • Onward Energy Fountain Valley Power
  • Total Safety Denver District Office
  • Molson Coors Beverage Co. Longmont Elevator
  • Bechtel Inc. PCAPP
  • Black Hills Energy Pueblo Airport Generating Station
  • Hellman & Associates Inc.

Montana

  • Energy Keepers Inc.
  • Johns Manville
  • Team Industrial Services
  • A Molson Coors Beverage Company facility in Huntley Elevator
  • A Molson Coors Beverage Company facility in Power Elevator
  • Northwest Energy facility Hauser Dam in Helena
  • Northwest Energy facility Holter Dam in Wolf Creek
  • Northwest Energy facility Madison-Hebgen Dam in Ennis and
  • Northwest Energy facility Thompson Falls Dam in Thompson Falls

North Dakota

  • Bayer Northern Production Compan
  • CF Industries
  • NuStar Energy, Central East Region

South Dakota

  • Bayer Research and Development LLC
  • NuStar Energy's Central East Region

Utah

  • Morton Salt
  • Phillips 66

Wyoming

  • Black Hills Energy, Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station
  • Phillips 66, Casper Station
  • Phillips 66, Rock Springs Terminal

Rous continued, "OSHA applauds the hard work of our VPP partners that kept their worksites free of workplace injuries in 2022. The determination of these companies and a group of volunteers to provide members with conferences, training, mentoring and other assistance to ensure effective safety and health programs is a model for others to follow.”

About the Author

Alex Saurman is a former Content Editor for Occupational Health & Safety,who has since joined OH&S’s client services team. She continues to work closely with OH&S’s editorial team and contributes to the magazine.

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