Lawton, Okla. (PRWEB) August 07, 2014
Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) announced that its rental location in Lawton, Okla. has received Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star certification from the Oklahoma Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). VPP is OSHA’s highest recognition for the practice of and commitment to exemplary occupational safety and health and “Star” is its highest distinction.
“We are extremely proud of our Lawton employee-partners and their managers for earning the esteemed OSHA VPP Star Award,” stated Rick Gerlach, Sr. Director of Safety and Health. “In order to earn this recognition, our management and front-line partners worked closely together toward the common goal of every partner going home to their loved ones at the end of the work day safe and healthy. And, as the first location in Lawton, Okla. to earn VPP Star, our partners look forward to mentoring neighboring companies in how to protect the safety and health of their employees and achieve safety excellence.”
The Lawton facility first began its journey toward VPP designation more than three years ago. They are now the 26th Cintas facility in the nation to receive VPP designation, and the first company to achieve this level of safety in Lawton, Okla. Cintas Corporation ranks 12th in the entire nation for the number of VPP sites overall. The designation required hard work, dedication, continuous training, rigorous audits, and 100 percent engagement between management and employee-partners.
Steve Rowland, General Manager of the Lawton rental location goes on to state that “safety is part of our culture, not just at work but at home and at our customers’ locations. We look forward to helping other companies in Lawton with their safety programs as they pursue VPP Star recognition.”
Cintas Corporation has approximately 330 facilities throughout the world actively pursuing VPP recognition by OSHA or the equivalent under a similar certifying body. This includes operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Honduras.
About Cintas
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types primarily throughout North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom cleaning and supplies, tile and carpet cleaning, promotional products, first aid, safety, fire protection products and services and document management services for more than 1 million businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS and is a component of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.