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  • 'Safety is critical': Tinker signs VPP agreement with local unions, Xerox

    A Voluntary Protection Program ceremony was held Monday at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center to celebrate the efforts of Tinker Air Force Base for advancing worker safety and health on the job. The VPP is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's recognition of the outstanding efforts

  • Air Force announces 2006 as safest year in aviation

    Fiscal year 2006 was the safest year in aviation ever for the Air Force.The year marked the lowest number of major aircraft accidents and fatalities within the Department of Defense, said the Chief of Air Force Safety Maj. Gen. Stan Gorenc recently.According to the statistics, the Air Force recorded

  • DOD selects five AFMC bases for health, safety initiative

    The Air Force isn't waiting for the Memorial Day weekend start of the "101 Critical Days of Summer" to emphasize health and safety to its work force.Nine Air Force bases are scheduled to participate in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Program this year. Five

  • VPP promotes safer, healthier work environment

    Tinker Air Force Base is one of nine Air Force installations that will implement the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Program in an effort to reduce the number of work-related injuries and illnesses. Recently mandated by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, the

  • Officials emphasize motorcycle safety across force

    With motorcycle fatalities on the rise over the past two years in the Defense Department, senior military officials are making sure that servicemembers and civilians are keeping safety in mind while hitting the roads this summer. The Army took the lead by hosting the two-day National Capital Region