Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.11
Liaison Elizabeth Drake
Submission Date April 19, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Swarthmore College
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.77 / 2.00 Melissa Tier
Sustainability Program Manager
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1 

Please enter data in the table below:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of recordable workplace injuries and occupational disease cases 28 39
Full-time equivalent of employees 863 831
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.03 0.05

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2016 Dec. 31, 2016
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2015 Dec. 31, 2015

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):
Safety Committee started Oct 2015, PA certified May 2016. 2016 was first year with significant Safety Committee contributions.

Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
30.87

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
3.24

Optional Fields 

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:
Departments whose staff members may be exposed to risks in their positions have departmental policies and procedures regarding safety precautions. If you are exposed to hazardous or infectious materials while at work, you must notify your supervisor immediately. If you become aware of or suspect safety hazards in your work environment, they are asked to report these to the Environmental Health and Safety officer.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.swarthmore.edu/human-resources/12-safety-health-and-workers-compensation

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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