Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.87
Liaison Kevin Kirsche
Submission Date June 22, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Georgia
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.86 / 2.00 Nate Shear
Sustainability Metrics Intern
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:
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, ANSI136.1-2000, O.C.G.A. 31-3-5

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:
317

Full-time equivalent of employees:
10,384

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:
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A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
UGA Human Resources tracks workers compensation claims related to injury cases. We gathered the list of claims for the years 2018, 2019, and 2020. Our final value of 317 is an average of annual injury claims across those three years.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
3.05

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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