Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.67
Liaison Julie Newman
Submission Date Sept. 30, 2021

STARS v2.2

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

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.83 / 2.00 MIT Office of Sustainability
Director
Office of Sustainability
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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:
ISO 14001, ISO 45001, OSHAS 18001, ANSI Z10, and OSHA's I2P2 program

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
MIT uses a combination of international systems (ISO 14001, ISO 45001, OSHAS 18001) and national standards (ANSI Z10 and OSHA's I2P2 program).

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
85

Full-time equivalent of employees:
19,256

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:
0

A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
MIT follows the OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements 29 CFR 1904. Additional information on the MIT process can be found on the Occupational Injury and Illness EHS webpage.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
0.44

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://ehs.mit.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Due to data availability, this credit adopts a larger scope than most of the other credits in this report. Please see the preface for additional details.

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