Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 77.34
Liaison Sally DeLeon
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Maryland, College Park
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.74 / 2.00 Emily Hightower
Sustainability Coordinator
Environmental Safety, Sustainability, and Risk
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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:
MOSH or OSHA

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
The University of Maryland uses the software BioRAFT to track OSH training, link trainings to job duties and to track OSH compliance. The University follows MOSH (Maryland Occupational Safety and Health) regulations and OSHA (U.S. Occupational Safety and Health) regulations.

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
65

Full-time equivalent of employees:
9,277.30

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 :
Work-related injuries/illnesses are tracked in a system called J.J. Keller after injuries/illnesses are reported to the workers compensation carrier, IWIF.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
0.70

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://www.essr.umd.edu/

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