Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.13
Liaison Elizabeth Drake
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Swarthmore College
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.62 / 2.00 Virginia Schiffer
Environmental Health & Safety Officer
Facilities Management
"---" 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?:
No

The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
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A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:

The College complies with federal OSHA regulations, and is not certified by any of those other organizations or standards.


Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
28

Full-time equivalent of employees:
926

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 :

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.


Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
3.02

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:

Data from Health and Safety Officer Virginia Schiffer.


Data from Health and Safety Officer Virginia Schiffer.

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