Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 58.19
Liaison Emma Blandford
Submission Date March 2, 2021

STARS v2.2

Georgia Institute of Technology
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.48 / 2.00 Anne Rogers
Sustainability Program & Portfolio Manager
Office of Campus Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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:
The National Safety Councils nine elements of a successful safety and health system

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
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Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
108

Full-time equivalent of employees:
7,795

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 :

Injuries/illnesses must still be documented on the Georgia Tech Injury and Illness Report form. Copies of this form must be sent to the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Office. If medical treatment is necessary, the departmental supervisor must report the injury/illness to the State Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) by calling the hotline within 24 hours of the injury. All occupational injuries are reviewed to ensure that they are categorized appropriately according to OSHA guidelines.

https://www.ehs.gatech.edu/general/occupational-injury


Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
1.39

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The Institute is using the National Safety Councils nine elements of a successful safety and health system as a framework. The Institute is a currently developing an updated occupational health and safety management system in conjunction with the environmental health and safety management system. The framework includes the following elements:

Element 1. Management leadership and commitment
Element 2. Organizational communications and system documentation
Element 3. Assessments, audits and continuous improvement
Element 4. Hazard recognition, evaluation and control
Element 5. Workplace design and engineering
Element 6. Operational safety and health programs
Element 7. Employee involvement
Element 8. Motivation, behavior and attitudes
Element 9. Training and orientation


The Institute is using the National Safety Councils nine elements of a successful safety and health system as a framework. The Institute is a currently developing an updated occupational health and safety management system in conjunction with the environmental health and safety management system. The framework includes the following elements:

Element 1. Management leadership and commitment
Element 2. Organizational communications and system documentation
Element 3. Assessments, audits and continuous improvement
Element 4. Hazard recognition, evaluation and control
Element 5. Workplace design and engineering
Element 6. Operational safety and health programs
Element 7. Employee involvement
Element 8. Motivation, behavior and attitudes
Element 9. Training and orientation

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