Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.19
Liaison Lissette Hernandez
Submission Date May 13, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Florida International University
PA-12: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.59 / 2.00 Alexandra Dutton
Program Manager
Office of University Sustainability
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Please enter data in the table below::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of reportable workplace injuries and occupational disease cases 133 98
Full-time equivalent of employees 5,914 4,188.50

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2015 Dec. 31, 2015
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2007 Dec. 31, 2007

A brief description of when and why the workplace health and safety baseline was adopted:
This baseline year of 2007 was chosen because that is the year our university signed the Presidential Climate Commitment and we are using it across the board as a baseline year for all credits within this report.

A brief description of the institution’s workplace health and safety initiatives:
FIU's workplace health and safety initiatives come from the support and mission of The Environmental Health and Safety. Their mission is to support and guide the University community in protecting our people, environment and property while assuring regulatory compliance. These programs are designed to provide value-added services with a customer oriented, educational and collaborative approach for all students, faculty, staff and visitors to better live, learn, teach, work and/or visit a safe, environmentally friendly campus. These initiatives include compliance through inspection and/or training under the following programs: Biological Safety Dive and Boat Safety General Safety Laboratory Inspections Environmental Chemical Safety Safety Training Industrial Safety Laser Safety Controlled Substances Fire Safety Laboratory Safety Radiation Safety

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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