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Karol Glessner, 72nd Air Base Wing Safety Office, answers questions about safety practices for aircraft maintenance personnel working on a KC-135 in a Bldg. 3001 dock during a March 26 tour by Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials. Dr. Landis Powell, OSHA Voluntary Protection Program coordinator, center, and David Bates, OSHA area director, in white, learned about Tinker’s VPP successes and visited with personnel. Behind them are Ty Norton, AFGE Local 916, VPP, left, and visitor Johnny Vanbuskirk, one of three Valero Refinery VPP mentors. Tinker won the Air Force top award for ground safety in 2010. On the job injuries are down 30 percent since VPP implementation in 2006. (Air Force photo by Margo Wright)