Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 46.93
Liaison Kevin Salfen
Submission Date Oct. 21, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of the Incarnate Word
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.68 / 2.00 Kevin Salfen
Co-Director, Office of Sustainability
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 300a

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:

The University currently follows the University of Texas - San Antonio Occupational Health and Safety program as related to research involving animals.

UIW injuries are evaluated by Human Resources in accordance with OSHA 300a.


Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
14

Full-time equivalent of employees:
1,402

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:
254

A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :

Every injury requires the submission of an Injury Report which is received by HR and EHSRM.  HR follows OSHA 300a to evaluate each injury to determine if injury is reportable or not.

Also see: https://my.uiw.edu/hr/workers-comp.html             

https://my.uiw.edu/safety/requests/injury-report.html


Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
0.85

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://my.uiw.edu/safety/index.html

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

Sources: Andrew Fohn, Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management; Shannon Root, Interim Associate Vice President, Human Resources


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