Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 54.32
Liaison Emma Parsley
Submission Date Dec. 12, 2022

STARS v2.2

Texas State University, San Marcos
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.65 / 2.00 James Vollrath
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:
Texas Department of Health for Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for Government Buildings; U.S. EPA Indoor Quality; TSI IAQ Handbook; OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910.95 for Hearing Conservation; State Office of Risk Management Workers’ Compensation Program.

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
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Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
46

Full-time equivalent of employees:
3,756

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:
1,180

A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
Under the provisions of the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) Workers’ Compensation program, each state agency is required to establish policies and procedures for the prevention of accidents, the enhancement of safety programs, and the processing of compensation claims. Reportable Incident, Injury, or Illness – any incident, injury, or illness involving a university employee that occurred as a result of university employment. An incident occurs when there is no physical or visible injury at the time but may become an injury at a later date.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
0.93

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://www.fss.txst.edu/ehsrm/programs/occupational.html

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