Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 76.71
Liaison Gioia Thompson
Submission Date Feb. 6, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Vermont
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.04 / 2.00 Gioia Thompson
Sustainability Strategist
UVM 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?:
No

The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
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If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
UVM has 20 personnel in the Department of Risk Management & Safety. 6 of those are dedicated to safety support services on campus, plus 1 is dedicated to managing the workers compensation program

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
65

Full-time equivalent of employees:
3,443

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 :
UVM utilizes the OSHA log in our electronic claims system

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
1.89

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
http://www.uvm.edu/~riskmgmt/?Page=workplace/workplacesafety.html&SM=workplace/workplacesafety_submenu.html

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