Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 31.92
Liaison Tom Kovacs
Submission Date Sept. 30, 2022

STARS v2.2

Eastern Michigan University
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.12 / 2.00 Thomas Kovacs
Professor
Geography and Geology
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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:
MIOSHA, EGLE, NRC and other state and federal regulations as required.

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
EMU's EHS follows many of the OHSMS type requirements in how health and safety are addressed on campus. ISO and OHSAS compliance is most often seen in the industry in conjunction with quality standards and is much less prevalent in higher education. EMU complies with MIOSHA, EGLE, NRC and other state and federal regulations as required. We follow a standard format for our safety protocols and update them when regulations change or processes change for the University.

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
38

Full-time equivalent of employees:
1,618

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 :
EMU tracks and reports injuries as directed by OSHA/MIOSHA and the Michigan Workers' Compensation Act, in collaboration with EMU's Third-Party Administrator.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
2.35

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://www.emich.edu/publicsafety/ehs/programs.php

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Injury and Occupational Disease information can be found at:
https://www.emich.edu/risk-management/workers-comp/index.php
and the document:
https://www.emich.edu/risk-management/documents/300a_website.pdf?v=2019-03-07T13:50:21Z

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