Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.69
Liaison Stephanie MacPhee
Submission Date April 6, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Dalhousie University
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.15 / 2.00 Jerry Aguinaga
Director
Environment, Health and Safety Office
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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 290 282
Full-time equivalent of employees 5,717 5,592
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.05 0.05

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year April 1, 2016 March 31, 2017
Baseline Year April 1, 2009 March 31, 2010

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):
Baseline is used to align with the Sustainability plan baseline

Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
0

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
5.07

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:
The Environmental Health and Safety Office serves as a resource to the university community, assisting employees, students, and visitors in meeting their obligations towards a healthy and safe workplace.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.dal.ca/dept/safety.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The work place accident number is variable year to year. Some related factors include the level of full reporting of incidences, activity on campus, ....

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