Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.81
Liaison Austin Eriksson
Submission Date Nov. 29, 2021

STARS v2.2

California State University, Northridge
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.24 / 2.00 Daniel Castellon
Director
Environmental Health & Safety
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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:
Yes, our Injury Illness Prevention Program is guided by and approved by Cal OSHA

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
Injury Illness Prevention Program
This program includes a wide range of interactive policies, procedures and practices that are intended to help identify and control workplace hazards for California State University, Northridge employees.

I. Purpose

Purpose

It is the objective of California State University, Northridge (CSUN) to maintain an environment for faculty, staff, and students that will protect their health and prevent injury. Employees will not be required to perform tasks that are unreasonably hazardous. The University will establish and maintain a system of interactive policies, plans, programs, procedures and practices that are intended to help identify and control occupational hazards. In addition, departments will provide facilities and equipment that meet all applicable federal, state and local safety laws and regulations.

While the overall responsibility for campus health and safety rests with the President, the immediate responsibility for workplace health and safety belongs to each campus employee who performs a supervisory role. Each supervisor is expected to set productive objectives that are intended to advance the campus toward compliance with the laws and regulations. All faculty and staff are to ensure that safe and healthful conditions and practices are provided and followed within the areas under their control.

A COVID-19 Prevention Program (CPP) has been developed to address the requirements of the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards and as a supplement to the Injury and Illness Prevention Program. The CPP is provided in Section XII, as an addendum to the Injury and Illness Prevention Program.

II. Objectives

An effective Injury and Illness Prevention Program will assist management in determining what hazards exist in the work place, how to correct hazards that may occur and what actions to take to prevent them from recurring.

The following objectives can be achieved by implementing the Illness and Injury Prevention Program:

Reduction of work-related injuries and illnesses, property loss and environmental impairment;
Development and implementation of safe and healthful work practices for each specific job performed by the University's employees;
Provision of general safety and health rules to all employees;
Adherence to disciplinary procedures to ensure that safety rules and work procedures are put into practice and enforced;
Satisfactory maintenance of equipment;
Prompt investigation of hazardous conditions, workplace accidents, near-miss incidents, and reported illness and injuries;
Prevention of hazards through inspections; and
Prompt correction of identified hazards.

More information can be found here: https://www.csun.edu/ehs/injury-illness-prevention-program

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
67

Full-time equivalent of employees:
3,327

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 :
This data came from the Cal OSHA form 300 - Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
2.01

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
This data came from the Cal OSHA form 300 - Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.