Kimball International's safety philosophy emphasizes that safety is a value, and unlike priorities, values never change. Management commitment and employee involvement play a key active role in designing and implementing safety programs for their respective workplaces.

Kimball policies and procedures are designed to enhance a culture where each employee accepts responsibility for their own personal safety, as well as the safety of their coworkers. Kimball promotes awareness and educational campaigns among employees with the goal of eliminating exposures - or risks - that create unsafe conditions and behaviors.

A STAR Workplace - The Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)

Kimball achieved an unprecedented six Indiana facilities under the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) in recognition of their outstanding safety programs.

Kimball International has achieved an unprecedented six "STAR" certified sites under the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). The VPP seeks to recognize employers with superior occupational safety and health management systems.

Sites selected to receive VPP STAR status are committed to effective employee protection beyond the requirements of OSHA standards, and have developed and implemented systems to identify, evaluate, prevent, and control occupational hazards to prevent employee injuries and illnesses. As a result, the average VPP worksite has a lost workday incidence rate more than 50% below the average for its industry.

Kimball International was the first Indiana-based company to have a VPP STAR workplace; and Kimball was also the first Indiana company to have two VPP STAR facilities. To date, only 46 other companies in Indiana have achieved the VPP STAR. Nationwide, fewer than 2,400 companies have achieved the coveted STAR status under this program since it began in 1982. Even fewer have achieved the distinction on their first application.

2011 Awards:

• National Office Furniture-Fordsville (KY) facility earned the State of Kentucky Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) certification.

2010 Awards:

Kimball Electronics-Thailand was honored by the Thai Ministry of Labor for its excellent safety record.

• National Office Furniture-11th Avenue facility achieved the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) STAR status.


• Kimball Electronics-Thailand was honored by the Thai Ministry of Labor for its excellent safety record and was also named an “Outstanding Establishment” for the third consecutive year for its achievements regarding labor relations and employee welfare.


• Kimball International was asked to accept a 4-year seat on the “Board of Safety Review” for the State of Indiana’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration program.

2009 Awards:

• For the second straight year, Kimball Electronics-Mexico, our plant in Reynosa, Mexico, was honored by the Mexican state government for continuously improving safety and health.


• Kimball Office -Jasper Cherry Street achieved the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) STAR status.


• Kimball Office -Jasper 15th Street was recertified in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) STAR status.


• Kimball Electronics-Jasper was recertified in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) STAR status.


• Kimball Electronics-Jasper received the "Vice President's Safety Award" from Liberty Mutual.


• National Office Furniture-Santa Claus achieved the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) STAR status.


• Electronics-Jasper selected as a 2009 winner of the Indiana Governor's Workplace Safety Awards.

2008 Awards:

• Kimball Logistics Services' Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC) 3 in Jasper, Indiana, achieved STAR status as part of the Indiana Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).


• Thailand's government named Kimball Electronics-Thailand an "outstanding establishment," based on achievements regarding labor relations and welfare in 2008.


• Electronics-Mexico honored by Mexican government for safety and health continuous improvement actions.