Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 47.04
Liaison Debbie Liddick
Submission Date April 21, 2023

STARS v2.2

Black Hills State University
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.51 / 2.00 Melissa Hart
Director, Human Resources
Human Rescources
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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:
MSD and OSHA standards

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
MSD sheets are available on all of the chemicals. BHSU uses a web based MSD when the printed version of the sheets are not available. BHSU adheres to OSHA guidelines. The South Dakota State Risk Management performs an annual work place safety audit.

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
15

Full-time equivalent of employees:
377

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:
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A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
Self reported First Report of Injury (FROI) system

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
3.98

Optional Fields

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

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