Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.91
Liaison Elizabeth MacKenzie
Submission Date June 25, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Iowa
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 2.00 Gaby Maymi Nieblas
Intern
Office of Sustainability and the Environment
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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:
EHS programs are based on local/state/federal requirements/guidance including OSHA, EPA, CDC/USDA.

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
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Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
685

Full-time equivalent of employees:
10,982

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 :

Employees/Supervisors complete an online First Report of Injury form, which is transmitted to our Third Party Administrator (TPA) for investigation, determination of compensability, and distribution of benefits. The TPA’s program analyzes and calculates the data daily, which is then queried by the University as needed for OSHA reporting.


Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
6.24

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:
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