Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.59
Liaison Victor Udo
Submission Date Sept. 23, 2019
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Bucknell University
PA-14: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.21 / 2.00
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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 24
Full-time equivalent of employees 1,342 1,411
Number of injuries and cases per FTE employee 0.01 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, 2018 Dec. 31, 2018
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 EH&S office was re-organized in 2014 due to retirements. By 2015, three new employees were responsible for the University’s EH&S functions, with that it seemed fitting to use 2015 year as a baseline.

Percentage reduction in workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per FTE employee from baseline:
38.67

Part 2 

Number of workplace injuries and occupational disease cases per 100 FTE employees, performance year:
1.04

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:
Bucknell University maintains a full time office dedicated to workplace health and safety. Basic information can be found at the link provided. Additionally, two members of the EH&S office assist with sustainability efforts on campus, including waste minimization, recycling, composting and chemical selection. Additionally, the EH&S office chairs a monthly safety committee with 20 members from across campus with it’s mission to promote a safe working environment for each employee by creating and maintaining an active interest in safety by each employee and to assist in the overall effort to minimize the frequency of accidents in the workplace.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.bucknell.edu/EHS

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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