Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 80.84
Liaison Alex Davis
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Arizona State University
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.04 / 2.00 Corey Hawkey
Assistant Director
University Sustainability Practices
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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 98 177
Full-time equivalent of employees 10,000 14,477
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.01 0.01

Start and end dates of the performance year and baseline year (or three-year periods):
Start Date End Date
Performance Year Jan. 1, 2015 Dec. 31, 2015
Baseline Year Jan. 1, 2006 Dec. 31, 2006

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 baseline coincides with when Arizona State University completed its first formal Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
19.84

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
0.98

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:
Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) provide compliance guidance, training and technical support to the ASU community necessary to address safety and health regulatory compliance and related risks. EH&S trainers are part of this organization and coordinate all EH&S provided training and manage associated records. OH&S conducts inspections of laboratories, shops, maintenance and service facilities for OSHA and related regulatory compliance and ensures corrective action is implemented to address findings. OH&S also addresses employee safety and health complaints including concerns related to indoor air quality and work station set up (ergonomics). OH&S also supports the ASU community through developing and communicating EH&S awareness training.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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