Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.25
Liaison David Tedder
Submission Date Oct. 16, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of Kentucky
PA-12: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 2.00 Erika Chambers
Director, Work-Life
Work-Life
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Please enter data in the table below::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of reportable workplace injuries and occupational disease cases 1,661 1,436
Full-time equivalent of employees 25,340 24,186

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Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2014 June 30, 2015
Baseline Year July 1, 2011 June 30, 2012

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A brief description of when and why the workplace health and safety baseline was adopted:
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A brief description of the institution’s workplace health and safety initiatives:
Increased use of safety slings within UK HealthCare to move patients, Workers' Compensation Third Party Administrator will change effective July 1, 2015 from Underwriter's Safety & Claims to CorVel, increased medical survellance of animal handlers, automatic defibrillator deployment across campus, and vastly improved annual medical surveillance for employees involved in patient care.

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The website URL where information about the institution’s workplace health and safety initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
UK HealthCare entered into a management contract with Eastern State Hospital (ESH) on June 29, 2014. The employees staffing ESH are employed by Central Kentucky Management Services, a wholly owned University of Kentucky affiliate. ESH provides mental health services to adult patients.

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