Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.45
Liaison Keisha Payson
Submission Date May 8, 2024

STARS v2.2

Bowdoin College
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.04 / 2.00 Keisha Payson
Sustainability Director
Sustainable Bowdoin
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Part 1. Health and safety management system

Does the institution have an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS)?:
No

Does the system use a nationally or internationally recognized standard or guideline?:
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The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
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If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:

Occupational injuries and illness are reported to Human Resources on a standardized injury and illness reporting form. This form is filled out jointly by the affected employee and their supervisor. The supervisor is responsible for filing the report promptly with Human Resources who reports it within twenty–four hours to our workers’ compensation insurance carrier. Root cause investigation as well as any medical attention completed and/or coordinated through Human Resources.


Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
22

Full-time equivalent of employees:
1,785

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 :

Human Resources determines recordability for each work-related injury or illness in accordance with OSHA requirements. The injury log is reviewed and certified at the end of each calendar year prior to posting and reporting.


Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
1.23

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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