Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 61.15
Liaison Ashley Woolman
Submission Date April 8, 2022

STARS v2.2

Western Colorado University
PA-15: Workplace Health and Safety

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.11 / 2.00 Kim Gailey
Director of HR
HR
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Part 1. Health and safety management system

Does the institution have an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS)?:
No

Does the system use a nationally or internationally recognized standard or guideline?:
No

The nationally or internationally recognized OHSMS standard or guideline used:
---

If no, provide:

A brief description of the key components of the custom OHSMS:
NA

Part 2. Incidents per FTE employee

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

Full-time equivalent of employees:
350

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:
0

A brief description of the methodology used to track and calculate the number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health :
Reports generated by our insurance carrier's online system.

Annual number of recordable incidents of work-related injury or ill health per 100 FTE employees:
3.71

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the occupational health and safety program is available:
https://collaborate.western.edu/HumanResources/Pages/SafetyToolkit.aspx

Additional documentation to support the submission:
WCU_CC_Prog_Certificate_03_2021.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
WCU has a safety program and cost containment program certified by the State of Colorado.
Western also has an employee page for workers compensation information: (requires sign in)
https://collaborate.western.edu/HumanResources/Pages/WorkersCompensation2.aspx

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