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VA's Office of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) purpose is to provide oversight of VA's OSH and Workers' Compensation (WC) Programs in support of VA's  Designated Agency Safey and Health Official  (DASHO).  Additionally, the Office of OSH with VA's OSH and WC Steering Committees promotes effective program management utilizing VA's OSH and WC Strategic Plans, which contain VA's national OSH and WC program goals, objectives, strategies, and performance measures.   

• Safety Strategic Plan - December 2007
  • VA's Safety Policies - OSH and WC Document Page; includes Directive 7700, VHA (CEOSH),  NCA ,  VBA, and Canteen Service; 
  • How to Notify the DASHO's Office of Unsafe or Unhealthful Working Conditions after  standard notification procedures fail.
  •   VA Safety Steering Committee (SSC) an Advisory Committee - The Last Committee Approved Meeting Minutes was for the April 28th meeting.    The next scheduled SSC meeting is on August 25, 2009 .
    • Meeting Attachments
• Worker's Compensation Strategic Plan  - January 2008  
  • VA's WC Policy (   Directive - 5810 - Updated 10/23/2007 ); 
  • Continuation of Pay (COP) Management - Information Letter - August 28, 2007;
  • WC Education opportunities:  
• WC-OSH/MIS  Workers' Compensation - Occupational Safety and Health / Management Information System .  This system provides metrics for WC, which includes the return to Employment screens, and safety (e.g., three most frequent types of injury locations).  The system is the conduit for electronic transmission of WC claims to Department of Labor (DOL) OWCP and electronically receives case data from DOL.
  • Link to the AAC

VA's Office of OSH in conjunction with other Federal Agencies, such as the Department of Labor (DOL),  Occupational Safety and Health Administration , the  Environmental Protection Agency  (EPA),  Centers for Disease and Prevention  (CDC),  Food and Drug Administration  (FDA) and other safety and health-related Government agencies promotes safe and healthful workplaces and effective management of the WC.  

• Information on safety issues, including nationwide daily  newspaper articles (In the News)  

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