Four Seasons Atlanta Earns OSHA VPP Star Status
The six-year effort included 600 hours of training, 28 annual safety inspections and a four-day OSHA review.
- By Danielle Naidu
- Sep 23, 2026
Employees at Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta participated in six years of safety training, hazard reporting and workplace inspections before the property earned Star status through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs. The hotel is now one of only three in the country to have ever earned OSHA's highest level of workplace safety recognition.
VPP Star is OSHA's highest level of recognition for participating workplaces. Sites must operate comprehensive safety and health management systems, involve employees in those systems and maintain injury and illness rates below their industry averages.
During the six-year effort, the hotel reported reducing its workplace injury and illness rate by 22.36%. Its three-year Total Case Incident Rate was 12.93% below the national hotel industry average, and the property had recorded 247 consecutive days without a recordable injury when the designation was announced.
The application included more than 130 pages of injury and illness data, training records, inspection findings, emergency procedures, hazard reports and corrective actions. OSHA's onsite review included property tours and confidential interviews with employees, supervisors and managers about job-specific hazards, training, emergency response and reporting procedures.
The hotel must complete annual self-evaluations and undergo periodic OSHA reviews to maintain Star status.
About the Author
Danielle Naidu is assistant editor for Security Today, Campus Security Today, Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental Protection Online.