Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.94
Liaison Jane Stewart
Submission Date March 3, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Washington and Lee University
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.81 / 2.00 Anne Remington
Work/Life Coordinator
Human Resources
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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 14 15
Full-time equivalent of employees 872 860
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.02 0.02

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2016 Dec. 31, 2016
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):
The number of reported incidents is fairly consistant, so we chose the two most recently reported years in order to have a baseline set near the start of participation in the STARS data collection.

Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
7.95

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
1.61

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:
See first paragraph: https://www.wlu.edu/university-facilities/environmental-health-and-safety

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.wlu.edu/university-facilities/environmental-health-and-safety

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.