Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.78
Liaison Joseph Wasylycia-Leis
Submission Date March 1, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Winnipeg
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.74 / 2.00 Inga Johnson Mychasiw
Director
Student Support Services
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Part 1 

Please enter data in the table below:
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of recordable workplace injuries and occupational disease cases 24 31
Full-time equivalent of employees 843 850
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.03 0.04

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2018 Dec. 31, 2018
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2015 Dec. 31, 2015

A brief description of when and why the workplace health and safety baseline was adopted (e.g. in sustainability plans and policies or in the context of other reporting obligations):
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Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
21.94

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
2.85

Optional Fields 

A brief description of the institution’s workplace health and safety initiatives, including how workers are engaged in monitoring and advising on health and safety programs:
Workers are involved in several different committees across campus such as the Central Workplace Safety and Health Committee, Laboratory Safety Committee, BioSafety Committee and Radiation Safety Committee. Workers involved in these committees are asked to provide feedback on safety culture, initiatives and issues across campus. They participate in both the lab inspection program and the general areas inspection program. Committee members are also involved in any serious incident investigations. All staff are encouraged to report hazards and near misses, and have multiple avenues to do so. Workers are provided audiometric testing through the hearing conservation program and respirator fit testing should they need to use a respirator during their work. Physical Plant Staff are provided with monthly safety meetings that involve a variety of training topics and safety information. These meetings are an additional outlet for them to raise safety issues or concerns, ask questions, suggest future topics and request training. The Safety Office works with staff to create job hazard assessments and safe work procedures for their job tasks. There is a fire warden program in which staff volunteers are provided with hi-viz vests and training on emergency events and evacuation. The University provides a free mobile device app called UW Safe through which staff and students can report incidents, find safety information and receive push notifications of any emergency situations on campus.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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