Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.53
Liaison Dedee DeLongpre Johnston
Submission Date July 27, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Wake Forest University
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.18 / 2.00 Michelle Adkins
Director, Environmental Health & Safety
Facilities & Campus 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 22 31
Full-time equivalent of employees 2,403 2,251
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.01 0.01

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2016 June 30, 2017
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2012 Dec. 31, 2014

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):
The baseline data is a combination of three calendar years, 2012-2014. This time span was selected to provide a more stable, accurate baseline for this type of data. During this time span, there was an increase in the number of FTEs and hours worked and a slight fluctuation of reportable injuries.

Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
33.52

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
0.92

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:
Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) provides compliance guidance, training and technical support to the WFU community necessary to address safety and health regulatory compliance and related risks. Through a variety of programs, EHS oversees and participates in: Coordinating training and managing associated records, Conducting inspections of laboratories, shops, and maintenance facilities for OSHA and related regulatory compliance, Ensuring corrective action is implemented to address findings, Addressing employee safety and health complaints, Addressing concerns related to indoor air quality and work station set up (ergonomics), Supporting the WFU community through developing and communicating EHS awareness training. All employees at Wake Forest University complete new employee orientation training, required annual training, and ongoing health & safety awareness training. Employees are encouraged to report unsafe acts/conditions and near misses to supervisors and EHS staff.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://ehs.wfu.edu/health-safety/

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Our previous report inadvertently used the total number of employees on payroll, rather than the FTE of employees, for both the baseline years and performance year. All numbers have been updated in this report to reflect FTE of employees.

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