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19
We achieved other important safety
milestones during 2007.
• Our Lancaster Landfill &
Recycling Center in California
marked a record-breaking
13 years without a
work-related injury.
• In April, our Wheelabrator
Saugus waste-to-energy plant in
Massachusetts was designated
as a Star site by OSHA.
Star status is the highest
recognition given by OSHA
through its Voluntary Protection
Program (VPP), awarded to
facilities with outstanding health
and safety systems and
processes only after a thorough
verification and review process.
According to OSHA statistics,
the average VPP worksite records
injury and illness rates that are
52 percent below the average for its industry as a result of its commitment to the VPP approach to
safety and health management. With the certification of the Saugus facility, all of Wheelabrator’s
energy plants have now achieved VPP Star ranking—a notable distinction, since only one out of every
5,000 worksites attains the certification.
• Following this achievement, Wheelabrator received the OSHA Regional Administrator Award for 2007.
As further recognition of its exemplary safety performance, Wheelabrator was recruited by OSHA to
serve as a safety mentor and lend its expertise to the U.S. Department of Defense to help reduce
incident rates and lost workdays.
• Our Carlsbad, California, facility also received VPP Star
designation—the first waste hauling company in the
nation to be so recognized.
• Our Oklahoma City collection facility received OSHA’s
Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program
designation, which recognizes employers with exemplary
safety and health management systems.
First and foremost, safety is about people. The most
important goal is to create a safer workplace and safer
communities through safer practices. But improving our
safety record has an added benefit: In 2007, the company
saved $76 million through lowered risk management costs
compared with 2006.
Waste Management President and Chief Operating Officer
Larry O’Donnell (center) frequently meets with employees
throughout the company’s more than 1,000 locations.