Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.36
Liaison Marianella Franklin
Submission Date Jan. 10, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.54 / 2.00 Richard Costello, PhD
Director
Environment Health and Safety
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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:
ISO 45001

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
Leadership; The mission of the Department of Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management (EHSRM) is to ensure a safe and healthy work environment for the campus community, promote safe work practices that do not harm the environment, ensure compliance with any and all rules and regulations pertaining to occupational health and safety and the environment, and to protect.

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
55

Full-time equivalent of employees:
4,466

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 :
https://www.utrgv.edu/ehsrm/_files/documents/wci/wci-presentation.pdf
https://www.utrgv.edu/ehsrm/programs/risk-mana/workers-comp/

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
1.23

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://www.utrgv.edu/ehsrm/_files/documents/wci/wci-presentation.pdf

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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