Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 38.03
Liaison Bradley Flamm
Submission Date March 1, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

West Chester University of Pennsylvania
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.76 / 2.00 Bradley Flamm
Director of Sustainability
Office of the President
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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 49 69
Full-time equivalent of employees 1,691 1,803
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.03 0.04

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year July 1, 2017 June 30, 2018
Baseline Year July 1, 2016 June 30, 2017

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):
WCU has an Accident Illness Prevention Program (AIPP) required to maintain the university's self-insurance status as of August 31, 1993. The EHS Director position was created and filled in 1989 and the Director was charged with developing a comprehensive health and safety program for the university.

Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
24.28

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
2.90

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:
As part of the AIPP, workers may bring health & safety issues to their supervisor's attention, to the EHS Department or through their representative on the University Safety Committee or to their union representative.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.wcupa.edu/hr

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data Source: Gail Fellows (gfellows@wcupa.edu)

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