Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 59.76
Liaison Lindsey MacDonald
Submission Date June 6, 2023

STARS v2.2

Western Washington University
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.89 / 2.00 Bruce Boyer
Interim Director
Environmental Health and Safety
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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?:
Yes

The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
Western utilizes Vector EHS software for tracking incidents, hazards, near misses, workers’ compensation claims, and laboratory/shop/studio inspections. https://www.vectorsolutions.com/solutions/vector-ehs-management-software/?utm_term=vector%20ehs&utm_campaign=&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=3834284501&hsa_cam=17711773159&hsa_grp=147202567828&hsa_ad=609592311544&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-1211507120093&hsa_kw=vector%20ehs&hsa_mt=e&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5Yr78aCQ_AIV9BB9Ch0KogptEAAYAiAAEgIWQvD_BwE

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
13

Full-time equivalent of employees:
4,635

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 :
Western utilizes Vector EHS software for tracking incidents, hazards, near misses, workers’ compensation claims, and laboratory/shop/studio inspections. https://www.vectorsolutions.com/solutions/vector-ehs-management-software/?utm_term=vector%20ehs&utm_campaign=&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=3834284501&hsa_cam=17711773159&hsa_grp=147202567828&hsa_ad=609592311544&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-1211507120093&hsa_kw=vector%20ehs&hsa_mt=e&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5Yr78aCQ_AIV9BB9Ch0KogptEAAYAiAAEgIWQvD_BwE

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
0.28

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
http://www.wwu.edu/ehs/workers_comp/workers.shtml

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health was lower than normal due to impact of pandemic on operations.

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