University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

The University of Eau Claire has an Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS), which we maintain the health and safety for this campus such as the following information:

1. Comply with OSHA General Duty Clause on section to develop a written health and safety policy and implement supporting programs.

2. Implement the environmental resources, and consistently apply the standards through the activities.

3. Promote a culture of accident and illness prevention and accountability.

4. Ensure the optimum conditions for supporting early intervention, expedient return to work and accommodation.

5. Train employees so they can operate safely and meet the environmental, health and safety commitments.

6. Recognize the vital role of the contractors and include them in the environmental, health and safety management system.

7. Conduct reviews and evaluations of the assets and operations as appropriate to identify hazards, prevent incidents, verify compliance, and continuously improve environmental, health and safety performance.

8. Carry out environmental, health and safety policy appraisals of all new or revised policies and equipment acquisition programs and environmental impact assessments of all new projects and training activities.

The Occupational Health and Safety management system incorporated at the university encompasses the OSHA regulations, rules, guidance, and processes designed to help protect employees, the public and the environment from harm. The programs and services of Risk Management and Safety combine the technical disciplines of environmental health and safety which includes concepts such as risk prevention, risk avoidance, risk control and risk transfer. The University is a significant teaching, research, and public service enterprise with the potential for a wide variety of inherent hazards and loss exposure that must be combated.

As part of the commitment, and to meet the University’s obligations under the OSHA and ISO safety standards, the University has adopted policies and training to ensure that health, safety, and environmental sustainability considerations are incorporated into the University’s operations and planning, and to ensure the protection, safety, and wellbeing of members of the University Community.

In achieving this commitment, the University shall implement the OHSMS, whereby every member of the University Community shares responsibility for creating a healthy, safe, and sustainable environment at the University.

Univerity of Wisconsin System Administration (UWSA) provides the reporting structure that each campus uses. The various campus environmental health & safety departments provide the forms to the claimant and acts as a point of contact for the claim. The campus reviews the injury with the employee and/or the supervisor (and completes an investigation if warranted) and then completes a safety manager’s review form, which is submitted to UWSA, as part of the process. UWSA records and compiles the injury logs and distributes them to each campus and they are displayed or provided to employees as required by OSHA.