Salt Lake City, Utah – June 15, 2018 –EnergySolutions, Inc. today announced that the Clive Disposal Facility, located 80 miles west of Salt Lake City in Utah’s West Desert, officially received Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) status by the Utah Occupational Safety and Health Division (UOSH)of the Utah Labor Commission.
The employees, at the Clive Facility, were recognized today at a ceremony for effective worksite-based safety and health programs. VPP status is UOSH and federal OSHA’s official recognition of the outstanding efforts of employers and employees who have achieved exemplary occupational safety and health cultures.
“This is an incredible accomplishment for our employees at the Clive Facility,” said Ken Robuck, President and CEO of EnergySolutions. “The credit goes to every Clive employee for their dedication and commitment to health and safety. I want to personally congratulate and thank every one of them for their tremendous accomplishment.”
“Achieving VPP status demonstrates an impressive level of dedication to employee safety, and I want to congratulate everyone who participated in the process, said Cameron Ruppe, Division Director, UOSH. “Employers like EnergySolutions play a key leadership role in keeping employees safe on the job throughout the state. Thank you to all of the hard-working employees at EnergySolutions for your example in fostering a strong safety culture in the State of Utah.”
Only nine other companies have earned VPP status in the state of Utah in UOSH’s 33-year history.
About EnergySolutions
EnergySolutions offers customers a full range of integrated services and solutions, including nuclear operations, characterization, decommissioning, decontamination, site closure, transportation, nuclear materials management, processing, recycling, and disposition of nuclear waste, and research and engineering services across the nuclear fuel cycle. For additional information about EnergySolutions visit www.energysolutions.com.
For additional information please contact Mark Walker at mwalker@energysolutions.com or
801- 231 -9194.