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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY BAKER, FOLMER, DINNIMAN, PILEGGI, ROBBINS, STACK, TOMLINSON, WARD, WAUGH, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, BRUBAKER, COSTA, EARLL, ERICKSON, FERLO, FONTANA, KASUNIC, LOGAN, MUSTO, O'PAKE, ORIE, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, WILLIAMS, WONDERLING AND WOZNIAK, MARCH 6, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 6, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Commending the Army Aviation Support Facility at Fort Indiantown |
2 | Gap and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for |
3 | receiving Voluntary Participation Program STAR recognition |
4 | from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. |
5 | WHEREAS, On January 10, 2009, the Army Aviation Support |
6 | Facility of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs at |
7 | Fort Indiantown Gap was presented the Voluntary Participation |
8 | Program STAR by the Occupational Safety and Health |
9 | Administration (OSHA); and |
10 | WHEREAS, The STAR is awarded to exemplary workplaces that |
11 | effectively exhibit comprehensive and successful safety and |
12 | health management principles; and |
13 | WHEREAS, The Voluntary Participation Program sets |
14 | performance-based criteria for management commitment, employee |
15 | involvement, hazard recognition and mitigation and employee |
16 | training; and |
17 | WHEREAS, OSHA's verification process includes an application |
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1 | review and a rigorous on-site evaluation by a team of OSHA |
2 | health and safety experts; and |
3 | WHEREAS, Although only in its fourth year of participation, |
4 | the Volunteer Participation Program is the cornerstone of the |
5 | Department of Defense's facility mishap reduction effort. To |
6 | date, only 21 facilities have achieved STAR status; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Fort Indiantown Gap's Army Aviation Support Facility |
8 | became the first Army National Guard facility to receive a "STAR |
9 | Status" flag in the OSHA program; and |
10 | WHEREAS, All of the employees at the Army Aviation Support |
11 | Facility - pilots, crew chiefs, unmanned aerial systems |
12 | operators, maintenance personnel, refuelers, nonrated crew |
13 | members, Commonwealth employers and contractors - are critical |
14 | members of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's Aviation |
15 | Safety Team; and |
16 | WHEREAS, In order to sustain a mishap-free flying program, |
17 | the Army Aviation Support Facility has built a ground and |
18 | aviation safety environment with a high level of safety |
19 | awareness that reduces injuries and encourages continuous |
20 | improvements in training, maintenance, operations and |
21 | administration; therefore be it |
22 | RESOLVED, That the Senate commend the Army Aviation Support |
23 | Facility at Fort Indiantown Gap and the Department of Military |
24 | and Veterans Affairs for receiving Voluntary Participation |
25 | Program STAR recognition from the Occupational Safety and Health |
26 | Administration. |
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