Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.05
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 22, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Cornell University
PA-12: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.46 / 2.00 Timothy Fitzpatrick
Director, Occupational, Health, Safety & Injury Prevention
Environmental Health and Safety
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Please enter data in the table below::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of reportable workplace injuries and occupational disease cases 292 260
Full-time equivalent of employees 10,769 9,832

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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2014 Dec. 31, 2014
Baseline Year July 1, 2012 June 30, 2013

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A brief description of when and why the workplace health and safety baseline was adopted:
There was a management change in the Occupational Health, Safety and Injury Prevention (OHSIP) group in 2013. The July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013 baseline year was selected because this is the preceding 12 month prior to the OHSIP management change. OHSIP is a division within Cornell University’s Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) department that primarily supports the employees of Cornell University.

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A brief description of the institution’s workplace health and safety initiatives:
The Occupational Health, Safety and Injury Prevention (OHSIP) team is committed to a safe and healthful workplace for each member of the Cornell community. Our team develops and implements comprehensive and sustainable occupational safety and health programs university-wide to provide employee’s safe work procedures and to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. The OHSIP team are stewards of several university-wide initiatives, such as; Occupational Safety Programs include; Confined Space, Electrical Safety, Excavations, Fall Prevention, Hot Works, Injury & Illness Reporting, Lock/Tag/Verify, Mobile Equipment, Personal Protective Equipment and Hand & Power Tool Safety Programs Occupational Health Programs include; Asbestos, Bloodborne Pathogens, Ergonomics, Hazard Communications, Hearing Conservation, Indoor Air Quality, Industrial Hygiene, Lead, Reproductive Health, and Respiratory Protection Programs Other OHSIP initiatives include; Safety & Health inspections/consultation, Safety & Health training, industrial hygiene sampling/survey, incident investigation, and campus event audits. We are leaders in promoting a safe learning, working and living environment for the University through the integration of programs and services we provide to faculty, staff and students.

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The website URL where information about the institution’s workplace health and safety initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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