Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 60.54
Liaison Jane Stewart
Submission Date March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Washington and Lee University
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.96 / 2.00 Micahel Jennings
Director of Environmental Health and Safety
University Facilities
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Part 1. Health and safety management system

Does the institution have an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS)?:
Yes

Does the system use a nationally or internationally recognized standard or guideline?:
No

The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
N/A

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
We do not have a nationally recognized OHSMS.

Environmental Health & Safety provides oversight in the area of worker safety and health; manages the university's local, state, and federal responsibilities for safety and health compliance, and reporting requirements (OSHA); manages the university's local, state, and federal responsibilities for environmental compliance, reporting, and permitting (EPA & DEQ); and is responsible for fire safety.

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
27

Full-time equivalent of employees:
1,286

If the institution wishes to report on other on-site workers, provide:

 

Full-time equivalent of workers who are not employees, but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the institution:
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A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
The OSHA 300 Log of Recordable Injuries.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
2.10

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://my.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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