Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.80
Liaison Danielle Smith
Submission Date Dec. 18, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of New Brunswick, Saint John
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.40 / 2.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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?:
No

The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
WorkSafeNB: Guide to Workplace Health & Safety Programs

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
UNB has a Health and Safety Program incorporating a series of safety policies (7800 series) managed by EHS and reviewed by the JHSC. This program is compliant with the WorkSafeNB requirements in the province, and was updated substantially following legislation changes in 2015. The system as it is currently put together is outlined in the following links:
https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/environmental-safety/handbook/health-safety/index.html
https://es.unb.ca/apps/policy-repository/_resources/php/download-policy.php?id=Y56h

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
3

Full-time equivalent of employees:
322.50

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:
0

A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
Worker's comp numbers through HR

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
0.93

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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