Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.20
Liaison Anne Duncan
Submission Date Jan. 29, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Wartburg College
PA-12: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.49 / 2.00 John Myers
Director of Campus Security & Safety
Security Office
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Please enter data in the table below::
Performance Year Baseline Year
Number of reportable workplace injuries and occupational disease cases 17 24
Full-time equivalent of employees 387 345

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2014 Dec. 31, 2014
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2006 Dec. 31, 2006

A brief description of when and why the workplace health and safety baseline was adopted:
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A brief description of the institution’s workplace health and safety initiatives:

The Safety Committee, headed by our Director of Campus Security, John Myers, is organized to plan, implement, and manage the missions and functions of the Environmental and Occupational Safety Program. The primary responsibility of the committee is to address health and safety issues in college programs, activities, and facilities. The committee is advisory to the President. The campus safety committee meets monthly to conduct a review of work related injury or illness, discuss ways to prevent future injuries, and discuss improvements to current standards or practices, as a result of previous discussions. The workman's compensations insurance carrier comes regularly to discuss improvement potential. The Mission and Objective of the committee are as follows:
We are committed to fostering a safe environment for all members of the campus
community and visitors. We strive to protect our natural resources and environment for
present and future generations. To assure fulfillment of our commitment, Wartburg
College has adopted the following safety goals:
• Maintain a safe work, living, and academic environment for faculty, staff, alumni,
and visitors.
• Demonstrate leadership in safety and environmental issues.
• Minimize adverse environmental and health impacts while contributing to a fully
functional college.
• Incorporate the consideration of safety and the environment as an integral part of the
institutional planning process.
• Take aggressive action to comply with all federal, state, and local occupational safety
and environmental laws and regulations.
• Support programs to prevent pollution and minimize the generation of waste.

The campus safety portion of the internal website includes safety plans for easy access across campus. There is currently ten plans online, with more coming soon.

The Staff Handbook is the go-to document for many issues across campus. For this reason it addresses many workplace safety topics, including:
Violence in the Workplace
Emergency Response
Hazardous Chemical Communication (Worker Right To Know)
Workplace Injury Reporting
Exposure Control Plan
Fire Prevention
Open Flames and Space Heaters
Hate Crime Reporting
Weapons/Firearms Policy
Disclosure of Crime Statistics
Suspected Child Abuse


The website URL where information about the institution’s workplace health and safety initiatives is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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