Preface on Safety at F&S
Employee Safety & Health programs help protect the safety and health of our campus community at all levels – including student events, faculty, and staff.
F&S values their employees and offers many programs to provide information and resources for some of the specific safety issues facing our campus workers.
Employee Protection Process (EPP)
The purpose of the Employee Protection Process (EPP) is to provide a proactive, systematic, and practical approach to reducing the risk of strains, sprains, and other musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). This approach includes identifying specific improvement in work methods, tools, equipment, and health fitness practices.
For additional information or to start a program in your area, please call 217-265-9828.
Tool Box Talks
Safety Toolbox Talks (TBT) are brief safety training sessions presenting OSHA safety instruction, jobsite hazard training and general safety awareness.
TBTs are one of many steps in achieving the unit’s long-term goal to increase safety awareness and compliance. TBTs are brief safety training sessions presenting OSHA safety instruction, jobsite hazard training and general safety awareness.
Monthly TBTs are now available online and must be completed through the Grainger icertainty training module: fands.icertainty.com.
You can view archived Tool Box Talks on the F&S website.
Extreme Weather
Safety & Compliance can conduct hazard evaluations of temperature extreme environments, make recommendations for engineering and administrative controls, provide training, and assist campus units in creating written programs and site-specific Standard Operating Procedures to protect employees against temperature extremes.
HEAT: High temperatures and humidity stress the body’s ability to cool itself, and heat illness becomes a special concern during hot weather. Although these conditions are most prevalent in the summer, working in any hot environment, including an unventilated room, can present heat-related hazards.
COLD: Exposure to freezing and cold temperatures for extended periods of time may cause serious health problems such as trench foot, frostbite and hypothermia. In extreme cases, including cold water submersion, exposure can lead to death. Employees working outside in the winter months and those working walk-in freezers are especially vulnerable.
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Metrics
OSH tracks and maintains departmental performance data to measure the level of service provided to campus customers. Reports detailing performance-based metrics can be viewed here.
OSH Program Summary Report: FY2019-2020
OSH Program Summary Report: FY2021
OSH also tracks a number of safety and health metrics to monitor performance over time and benchmark campus performance with the universities, colleges, and trade schools industry.
Target metrics are presented in the links below.
Decrease the DART rate and remain below the benchmark industry average.
Decrease the number of lost time days.
Decrease the total number of recordable cases and DART cases.
Decrease the TRIR and remain below the benchmark industry average.