Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.91
Liaison Julie Hopper
Submission Date Dec. 20, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Southern California
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.47 / 2.00 Julie Hopper
Data Analyst
Office of Sustainability
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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?:
Yes

The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
OSHA (Form 300A) Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
In addition to the above, USC has an Injury Illness Prevention Policy
Website link: https://policy.usc.edu/injury-prevention/

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
216

Full-time equivalent of employees:
15,257

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:
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A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
USC follows the OSHA (Form 300A) requirements for Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
1.42

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://policy.usc.edu/injury-prevention/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data on incidents from the UPC and HSC campuses was compiled from OSHA 300A logs.

Note the different reporting timeframes:
OSHA 300A logs (calendar year)
IPEDS Human Resources reporting (fiscal year)

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.