University of Massachusetts Amherst
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.34 / 2.00 |
Ezra
Small Sustainability Manager Physical Plant |
Does the institution have an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS)?:
Does the system use a nationally or internationally recognized standard or guideline?:
The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
Full-time equivalent of employees:
Full-time equivalent of workers who are not employees, but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the institution:
A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts provides a workers’ compensation program for state employees that are injured in the course of their employment. The program is administrated by the Human Resources (HRD)- Workers Compensation (WC) Unit in accordance with Massachusetts General Law Chapter 152. The University enters notices on the HRD/WC eServices system. HRD/WC then classifies injuries as recordable, or not.
Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
FY22 incident data provided by Occupational Health & Safety Manager, EHS, Robert Wallace.
FY22 incident data provided by Occupational Health & Safety Manager, EHS, Robert Wallace.
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