Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 76.08
Liaison Tess Esposito
Submission Date March 1, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Dayton
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.72 / 2.00 Katherine Cleaver
Director of Safety and Environmental Compliance, Environmental Health & Safety/Risk Management
Facilities Management & Campus Operations
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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 6 24
Full-time equivalent of employees 2,639 2,526
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.00 0.01

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2017 Dec. 31, 2017
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2016 Dec. 31, 2016

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):
Internal changes between departments at UD led to more accurate record keeping beginning in 2016. Using 2016 as the baseline provides a better representation of performance than using previous years.

Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
76.07

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
0.23

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:
The University of Dayton Facilities Department coordinates workplace safety, environmental health, and risk management programs. These programs include over forty programs ranging from general everyday safety such as ergonomics to specific safety such as radiation; developing a culture of safety; and ensuring appropriate policies are in place.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.udayton.edu/facilities/ehsrm/index.php

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Reported data in from Jan 2017 - Dec 2017. Therefore number of Full-time equivalent employees reflects the 2017 data, rather than the current IC-3.

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