Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.10
Liaison Barbara Queen
Submission Date July 17, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

California State University, Los Angeles
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.28 / 2.00 Nida Niravanh
Director RM/EHS
Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS)
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Part 1 

Please enter data in the table below:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of recordable workplace injuries and occupational disease cases 18 25
Full-time equivalent of employees 2,138 1,728.80
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.01 0.01

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2018 Dec. 31, 2018
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2015 Dec. 31, 2015

A brief description of when and why the workplace health and safety baseline was adopted (e.g. in sustainability plans and policies or in the context of other reporting obligations):
Cal State LA has been thoroughly tracking, documenting and measuring its injury/illness performance from 2003 to present (2019) with peer data from the other 23 CSU campuses. The University sustains some of the lowest injury/illness yearly rates year after year. For this specific reporting the University went back two (2) years to 2015 as a baseline year, but much more data exists to demonstrate the exemplary performance achieved by Cal State LA in regard to maintaining a safe and healthful working environment.

Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
41.78

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
0.84

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A brief description of the institution’s workplace health and safety initiatives, including how workers are engaged in monitoring and advising on health and safety programs:
The University sustains a robust safety and health program starting with a focused awareness effort through campus-wide training and orientations. The University trains well above 2,000 personnel annually equating to 3,000 training hours in the various class sessions it conducts. The University maintains a collaborative safety committee comprised of operational units and represented unions that meets on a monthly basis. Minutes and documentation are maintained for these meetings, which is chaired by the Director for RM/EHS. Statistics on cause and occurrence are maintained to focus efforts on the most meaningful exposures to the campus community, and resources are afforded to improve the overall campus infrastructure in support of a safe and healthful working environment. Several employee focused initiatives have been implemented to further strengthen the core principles of employee safety and health awareness and understanding.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.calstatela.edu/ehs

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