Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.05
Liaison Juliana Goodlaw-Morris
Submission Date June 30, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

California State University, San Marcos
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.12 / 2.00 Humberto Garcia
Senior Safety Specialist
Safety, Risk and Sustainability
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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 16 21
Full-time equivalent of employees 1,338 1,200
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.01 0.02

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2016 Dec. 31, 2016
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):
The University baseline for workplace heal and safety was adopted on June 1, 1992 as the Injury and Illness Prevention Program. It was adopted in accordance with CSU Executive Order 1039 and California state law in order to establish minimum requirements for maintaining a safe and healthy environment for campus employees and students

Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
31.67

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
1.20

Optional Fields 

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:
CSUSM is committed to providing an accessible, attractive, and safe environment for faculty, staff, students, volunteers, and visitors. It is the policy of the University to maintain, as it is reasonably within the control of the University to do so, a campus environment that will not adversely affect their health and safety or subject them to avoidable risks of accidental injury. The University has developed an Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) in compliance with Cal/OSHA regulations and guidelines. The goal of the IIPP is to assist University employees, volunteers, and students in identifying hazards in the workplace, determining how to correct hazards that may occur, and taking steps to prevent them from recurring. The following describes specific requirements for program responsibility, compliance, communication, hazard assessment, accident/exposure investigations, hazard correction, training, and recordkeeping ● Identify a person or persons with authority and responsibility for implementing the program; ● Communicate with employees regarding health and safety matters and how to report hazards; ● Develop compliance strategies; ● Provide procedures for identifying and evaluating hazards and unsafe conditions; ● Investigate accidents and incidents; ● Develop procedures for correcting hazards and unsafe conditions; ● Provide employee training programs; and ● Maintain documentation for health and safety programs.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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