University of Oregon
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.26 / 2.00 |
Sarah
Stoeckl Assistant Director Office of 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 University of Oregon has a team of employees within Safety & Risk Services who oversee environmental and occupational health and safety programs. The Occupational Health & Safety Team has an annual strategic plan made up of five objectives.
Five Objectives of the Safety Plan
• Employee Participation & Involvement – Collaborative Safety Committees (Safety Advisory Committee [university wide committee], Food Service Safety Committee, Housing Safety Committee, STEP Team [Facilities Safety Committee] Laboratory Safety Committee)
• Hazard Awareness – training, audits, inspections
• Consultation & Outreach – Hazard Assessments, Job Safety Analysis,
• Safety System Development – development, training and audit of safety policy, programs and procedures
• Supervisor & Leadership Engagement – injury reporting and follow up, safety accountability, job planning for high risk tasks
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 :
Recordable injuries and illnesses are recorded on a calendar year; Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2021. Recorded injuries/illnesses include any work-related event that required medical treatment beyond first aid, lost time, restricted time, or hearing loss of a Standard Threshold Shift.
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:
Information provided by Haily Griffith, Occupational Health and Safety Manager.
Information provided by Haily Griffith, Occupational Health and Safety Manager.
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