ProVia Door’s Sugarcreek facility earns VPP Star

  • May 28, 2010
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In an award ceremony at ProVia Door’s Sugarcreek facility, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) presented their Star award for meeting the highest standards of the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) at this manufacturing facility located at 425 S. Broadway in Sugarcreek. VPP promotes effective worksite-based safety and health. In the VPP, management, labor, and OSHA establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system. Approval into VPP is OSHA’s official recognition of the outstanding efforts of employers and employees who have achieved exemplary occupational safety and health. The Star status is VPP’s highest recognition, and ProVia Door is only one of 83 establishments in the state of Ohio to receive this award. At the award ceremony, company president Brian Miller said to employees, “In June of 2007, after many months of preparation, our Walnut Creek facility received the company’s first VPP Star. At that time, ProVia Door was the first metal window and door manufacturer to become a Star site. Now, three years later, there are only three Star work sites in this industrial classification… and two of those three are ProVia Door facilities. If you broaden the scope to include all companies in the window and door industry, including the wood manufacturers, there are 2,900 establishments and only nine are VPP Star sites - again, two of those nine are ProVia Door facilities. This is something to be very proud of!” Miller went on to say, “I would like to thank our corporate safety director, Chad Yoder, for driving this process. His passion for improved health and safety has resulted in an increased awareness of the potential dangers that lie around us each day. His methods of training have equipped each individual with the knowledge it takes to navigate these dangers. As our minds are changed on matters of health and safety, we act on this knowledge not only in the workplace, but at home and in the community.” Present at the award ceremony were State Representative Allen Sayre, Tuscarawas County Commissioners Kerry Metzger and Chris Abbuhl, John Stilliana from Senator Voinovich’s office, Jean Wilson from Senator Brown’s office, and Trish McCullough from Congressman Space’s office. In an address to ProVia Door employees, Metzger pointed out that ProVia Door is an example of how business and government regulation can co-exist. He stated that many times business and government appear to fight against each other; however, the VPP program has enabled both parties to come together for the mutual goal of protecting the health and safety of people. ProVia Door was started in 1977 in Sugarcreek and is a manufacturer of professional-class residential entrance doors, patio doors, storm doors, replacement windows, and storm windows. For more information about the company or its products, visit www.proviadoor.com.


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