Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 37.30
Liaison Jennifer Dunseath
Submission Date July 26, 2022

STARS v2.2

Roger Williams University
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.13 / 2.00 Tom McDonough
Assistant Vice President
Human Resources
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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:
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If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
Roger Williams University follows the OSHA Standard for training and educating all employees. The management system is custombuilt for the variety of occupational hazards that can be encounter on campus. There are separate modules for each department (examples, Dining, Facilities, and Public Safety etc.) There is also campus wide trainings for all staff and faculty that include Emergency response, fire safety, and Hazcom. Trainings are conducted both live and electronically. Various trainings are to be completely before a new employee starts their respective position on campus and additionally, weekly (Dining) monthly (Facilities) Semi-annually and Annually. Most training requires individual log in, with the completion report being sent directly to the supervisor. Environmental Health and Safety are the record keepers of the certifications. In addition to the multitude of training provided to employees, individual professions uphold their own licensures such as electricians, plumbers, hvac technicians, EMTs,etc.

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health:
16

Full-time equivalent of employees:
971

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 :
This process is driven off the annual OSHA Form 300 that is required to be filed on an annual basis.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
1.65

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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