Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.97
Liaison Holly Andersen
Submission Date May 13, 2021

STARS v2.2

Bennington College
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.52 / 2.00
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Part 1. Health and safety management system

Does the institution have an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS)?:
Yes

Does the system use a nationally or internationally recognized standard or guideline?:
Yes

The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
OSHA Form 300

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
We work with the College’s workers’ compensation carrier, MEMIC, and comply with OSHA required documentation by utilizing the OSHA Form 300. We train managers and employees to report workplace incidents within 24 hours of occurrence.

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
6

Full-time equivalent of employees:
465

If the institution wishes to report on other on-site workers, provide:

 

Full-time equivalent of workers who are not employees, but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the institution:
3

A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
We work with the College’s workers’ compensation carrier, MEMIC, and comply with OSHA required documentation by utilizing the OSHA Form 300. We train managers and employees to report workplace incidents within 24 hours of occurrence.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
1.28

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://www.bennington.edu/human-resources/safety-training

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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