Goffstown Post Office is First to Earn Workplace Safety and Health Star

The U.S. Postal Service's Goffstown post office is the first postal facility in New Hampshire to earn membership in the prestigious "Star" Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) of the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The VPP recognizes worksites committed to effective employee protection beyond the requirements of OSHA standards.

The "Star" designation came after an OSHA team's thorough on-site review of the facility's application and safety and health programs, interviews with employees and a walk-through of the worksite. OSHA's review found the facility's safety and health management system consistent with the high quality expected of VPP participants while its injury and illness rates remained below the industry average.

"Employees and management at the Goffstown post office should be proud of this milestone," said Marthe Kent, OSHA's New England regional administrator. "Their accomplishment in working together to reduce occupational hazards can serve as a model for other Granite State worksites."

The facility's 24 employees, represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) and the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), deliver mail to the Goffstown and Dumbarton areas. The Goffstown post office now joins an elite corps of 1,600 worksites in 270 industries that have earned entry into VPP. Read more at osha.gov