VPP Star Status: Canton Refinery Recognized for Commitment to Safety NORTHAMPTON, MA | ACCESSWIRE | September 23, 2022 | Marathon Petroleum Corporation Marathon Petroleum''s Canton, Ohio, refinery is recognized as a Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star worksite by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). VPP status is awarded to workplaces that have comprehensive safety and health programs with injury rates below the industry''s national average. The Canton refinery invited its employees to celebrate the achievement, which marks the sixth year that the refinery has maintained its VPP Star status. Marathon Petroleum''s Canton refinery is celebrating another year of Star status from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for maintaining an exemplary safe and healthy workplace. Following the facility''s initial achievement in April 2017 and one follow-up recertification in November 2021, this marks the sixth year that the Canton refinery has maintained this certification as part of OSHA''s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) , which recognizes employers and workers in private industry for implementing effective safety and health management systems that foster and maintain a culture of safety, resulting in injury and illness rates below the U.S.