Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.09
Liaison Lissette Hernandez
Submission Date Aug. 22, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Florida International University
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.03 / 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 recordable workplace injuries and occupational disease cases 118 98
Full-time equivalent of employees 7,203 4,188.50
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.02 0.02

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2015 June 30, 2016
Baseline Year July 1, 2006 June 30, 2007

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):

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.


Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
29.98

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
1.64

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:

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 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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