| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.29 |
| Liaison | Jonna Korpi |
| Submission Date | Sept. 11, 2024 |
University of Minnesota, Duluth
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 2.00 |
Jonna
Korpi Sustainability Director UMD Sustainability |
Part 1. Health and safety management system
Does the system use a nationally or internationally recognized standard or guideline?:
The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
If no, provide:
At the University of Minnesota, University Health and Safety (UHS) is charged with providing leadership resources, and services to protect the environment, and to ensure the health and safety of the University's students, faculty, staff, patients, and visiting public. University Health and Safety supports a safe, healthy and sustainable University environment through its work. UHS has over 60 employees in six departments that work cooperatively with each other and clients to provide comprehensive safety services throughout the University system, including Biosafety and Occupational Health, Emergency Management, Radiation Safety, Environmental Compliance, Industrial Hygiene, Lab & Research Safety and Workplace Safety. UHS provides written programs to address health and safety regulations, regularly audit clients and provide required training to employees. Each system campus (Morris, Crookston, Duluth and Rochester) has at least one UHS employee working full-time supporting the campus. All incidents and injuries are recorded electronically to facilitate the maintenance of the OSHA 300 log, workers compensation program, claims management support, and incident investigation program.
UMD has 3 full-time UHS staff in the Environmental, Health and Safety office. The campus has multiple department-level safety committees, including the labor/management (joint) health and safety committee in Facilities Management. Safety concerns may go to directly to the EHS office, one of the safety committees, or to the University's anonymous UReport system for any University community member to report a situation or conduct they believe violates a law, regulation or University policy.
Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee
Full-time equivalent of employees:
If the institution wishes to report on other on-site workers, provide:
A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
All incidents are reported via an electronic first report of injury. These reports are reviewed by employees of University Health and Safety as meeting the definition of "OSHA recordable" and coded appropriately for inclusion in the OSHA 300 log. All reports receive a claim number and are supported by the University's claims management company, regardless of being recordable or not.
Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://www.uhs.umn.edu/uhs/welcome http://www.d.umn.edu/ehso/
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.