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VPPPA is excited to announce a new partnership with Catamount Consulting and the launch of Feel Good Fridays, a practical ergonomics and injury-prevention series for safety professionals and the workers they serve.

The series will be led by Dr. Alicia Turner, a physical therapist specializing in ergonomics and injury prevention.

Each Feel Good Friday series will make ergonomics practical through useful information, simple movements, and workplace strategies aimed at prevention. The goal is to stop problems before they start and help workers build safer habits before pain, fatigue, or injury develop.

Our first topic is Finding Your Footing: Balance at Work.

Over the next several weeks, we’ll explore:
• Total worker wellness
• Balance and slips, trips, and falls
• Knowing where you stand
• Balance considerations for an aging workforce

Follow along each Friday as we look at small, practical ways to support safer movement and stronger prevention at work.

VPPPA's 2026 Safety+ Symposium is less than 80 days away! Learn best practices in occupational health and safety. Join us in Nashville, TN August 29th-September 2nd for work AND play.

VPPPA's Safety+ features networking and learning opportunities alongside live music, drinks, and food at the famous Whiskey River Saloon on September 1st.

Learn more: https://safety.vpppa.org/

QUIZ: Dashboard Warning Lights

What's your car telling you? When a light appears on your dashboard, do you know what it means? This week for National Safety Month highlights the importance of staying safe on the road, and understanding warning lights helps you stay up to date on vehicle maintenance.

Take this quiz to find out how much you know about vehicle warning lights:

Dashboard warning lights quiz | 2019-02-05 Try your hand at the interactive version of a quiz published in the Spring 2019 issue of Safety+Health's sister publication, Family Safety & Health. Family Safety & Health is a quarterly wellness magazine designed to keep workers and their families safe and healthy off the job.

BLOG: Priority or Core Value—What's the Difference?

"So, what's the difference? Priority, core value—isn't it just semantics as long as you have that commitment to worker safety and world-class performance?

When it comes to workplace safety and health, the answer is... on the surface, yes. But, when you dig deeper, there is a difference. A big one."

Read more:

Priority or Core Value – What’s the Difference? When it comes to corporate safety culture, there is one—even if we don’t initially see it. By Chris Williams, CAE; Executive Director – VPPPA “Safety is our top priority at (insert company name here).” It’s a line we hear from hundreds of executives, safety managers and marketing teams a...

Take a journey with us!

Our Journey Toward Safety Excellence program provides mentoring support, analysis, and resources to help workplaces achieve safety and health excellence. The Journey is designed to support any company, site, or organization looking to enhance their safety and health programs.

Whether you're aiming for VPP or just wanting to improve your current safety and health processes, the Journey Toward Safety Excellence has a path for you.

Learn more: https://vpppa.org/journeys/

June is National Safety Month! This year marks 30 years of this nationwide effort, empasizing and personal safety. Here are this year's focus topics:

Week 1 (June 1-6): Moving Safety Forward

Week 2 (June 7-13): Staying Safe on the Roads

Week 3 (June 14-20): Promoting Holistic Worker Health

Week 4 (June 21-30): Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls

Learn more about National Safety Month:

National Safety Month - National Safety Council Join the National Safety Council in June for National Safety Month—the annual observance to help keep each other safe from the workplace to anyplace. Sign up to get your free NSM safety resources as soon as they are ready.

Join George Cole, Instructor and Electrical Safety Consultant for a FREE webinar on Thursday, May 28 2:00-3:15 EDT.

"National Electrical Safety Month - What Does it Mean to You?" provides real-world safety insights with practical ways to prevent electrical hazards.

Register today: https://vpppa.atlasams.com/events/Electrical-Safety-Month-Webinar-9653/details

Tomorrow is the final day to submit an application for a VPPPA award/scholarship!

Know a student who is a dedicated leader? Know a colleague who is dedicated to safety excellence? Help us recognize them!

Submit an application: https://vpppa.org/membership/awards-and-scholarships/

This Friday is the deadline to submit a VPPPA Scholarship!

The William "Sully" Sullivan Scholarship recognizes an employee at a VPPPA Full member site who has made significant contributions to the VPP program at his/her site. This scholarship is open to employees enrolled in a vocational school, college, or university.

Apply today: https://bit.ly/4wsWVMt