Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.22
Liaison Mei May
Submission Date Nov. 27, 2019

STARS v2.2

University of Texas at San Antonio
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.69 / 2.00 Mei L May
Director Office of Sustainability
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:
OHSAS

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
The Occupational Safety Program's goal is to reduce the risk of injury for those who work at UTSA campuses and facilities. We accomplish this by developing and delivering safety training courses, conducting on-site job hazard assessments and making recommendations, and by assisting workers' efforts to comply with occupational safety policies, standards and regulations. When accidents do occur, we investigate and suggest corrective actions.

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
135

Full-time equivalent of employees:
4,184

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 :
The UTSA Office of EHSRM Environmental Health and Safety & Risk Management tracks incidents reported to workman's compensation.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
3.23

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://www.utsa.edu/publicsafety/ehsrm/?section=safetymanuals

Additional documentation to support the submission:
Occupational_Health_Management_Plan_2015.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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