| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 49.07 |
| Liaison | Janna Cohen-Rosenthal |
| Submission Date | July 3, 2023 |
University of Massachusetts Boston
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.68 / 2.00 |
Dennis
Swinford Director of Campus Planning & Sustainability Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability |
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:
The Office of Environmental Health and Safety (OEHS) develops policies, programs, and procedures to maintain an safe and healthy campus for students, faculty, and staff. All environmental health and safety initiatives are built upon the best practices, which include federal and state regulations, nationally recognized codes, and established professional practices. Through the OEHS learning management system, safety trainings are available, many of which are required for certain groups of students, faculty, and staff. OEHS has emergency plans to follow in the event of a fire or medical emergency, and first aid and emergency evacuation procedures. Other services provided by the OEHS include fire safety, laboratory safety, worker and campus safety, environmental programs, education and training, and emergency response. More can be found on the Environmental Health and Safety Management Policy
h(https://www.umb.edu/editor_uploads/images/ehs/Environmental_Health_and_Safety_Management_Policy.pdf), or the OEHS website (https://www.umb.edu/ehs/about_us).
There is also an Occupational Health and Safety Program for Animal Users. Participation in this program is required for any UMB individual that works with animals. This program is through the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. (https://www.umb.edu/research/orsp/institutional-animal-care-and-use-committee/occupational-health-and-safety/
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 to support state employees who incur a workplace injury. The program is administered by the Universities Human Resources Department. The University enters incident reports to HRD/WCS system. HRD/WCS then approves or denies the claim.
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:
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