LAS VEGAS, Dec. 16, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MetaPower International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:MTPR) is pleased to announce that the Company is developing its plant safety product to meet the guidelines set forth in the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). This OSHA-sponsored program was created to promote safety and health within the workplace. A typical VPP worksite's rate of lost work days or days of restricted work activity due to illness or injury is 52% below the average for its industry, according to the Office of Partnership and Recognition.
MetaPower International's suite of management software applications is being tailored to include the full scope of process and personnel safety management in accordance with VPP. This includes establishing a baseline worksite analysis that identifies and documents common hazards, illnesses and injuries associated with the worksite. Additionally, the application will provide a system to eliminate or control hazards in the worksite, ensure that daily plant operations do not exceed safe operating limits and ensures that continuous monitoring and eliminating of safety hazards by management, leadership and employees will result in a healthy and safe working environment.
"The software we're designing has to meet the VPP guidelines to ensure that our clients' safety programs qualify for participation in the VPP. They must have an effective safety and health management system that meets rigorous performance-based criteria and their safety record needs to be better than the industry average. Our plant safety product will provide them with the guidance to create that safer working environment," stated Ken Allen, CEO of MetaPower International, Inc.
About MetaPower International, Inc.:
MetaPower International, Inc. is a technology firm founded in 1996 that provides information technology and change management services to hazardous process industries. This link between technology and services is critical to enable the changes necessary to successfully compete in the current environment. In today's competitive world, business operations must be streamlined if new levels of performance and operational excellence are to be achieved.
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