Strategic Plan

In the Spring 2010, the EH&S Directors Leadership Council developed a 5 year strategic plan that provides the necessary guidance to the UC system wide senior management as well as direction to campus and medical center EH&S programs. The goal is to strategically align EH&S resources so as to reduce to the greatest extent practicable the safety and environmental risks associated with the instructional, research and public service mission of the University.

Environment, Health, and Safety Leadership Council
Strategic Plan 2010-2015
(Revised 03-25-10)

Mission

EHS supports the UC mission by promoting a safe, healthful environment in a proactive and cost effective manner that helps the University community minimize their risk.

Vision

The University of California will be a recognized leader by customers, regulators, and our peers in establishing an effective safety culture which holds employees at all levels accountable for environment, health, and safety performance at Campus, Healthcare, and Laboratory settings.

Values

Accountability Leadership

Collaboration Innovation and Efficiency

Education and Professional Development Advocacy

Stewardship and Compliance Safe and Healthful Workplace

Customer/Client Centric Communication and Transparency

Objectives:

EHS Leadership
1. The University of California will be recognized as a leader by faculty, staff, regulators, and other universities in establishing institutional best practices and standards of care for workplace safety and environmental protection in research laboratory and healthcare settings.
Accountability and Metrics
1. Help locations develop, provide, and promote accountable safety and environmental management programs that are based upon national and/or internationally recognized safety and environmental management standards.
2. Metrics to prove and develop consistent key performance indicators and other metrics that focus on leading indicators to be incorporated into the UC Enterprise Risk Management Information System (ERMIS) and provided electronically to senior leadership at all locations.
3. Encourage development of program validation and certification, through participation in program certification such as ANSI Z10 or VPP, use of external review, or development of an internal standard for program elements and implementation.
Injury Reduction
1. Provide resources to develop system wide strategies and programs to address the top five causes of injury by count and cost of workers’ compensation claims.
2. Recognizing that approximately 50% of all workers’ compensation claims are musculoskeletal (ergonomic related injuries) to employees who do not work in the office environment, conduct system wide ergonomic studies of the five positions within UC that have the highest incurred worker’s compensation cost with the purpose of developing system wide strategies that address current issues.
3. Incorporating standard ergonomic recommendations into facility planning.
Protection of the Environment
1. Provide resources to develop system wide strategies and programs to address the top three environmental legal and regulatory exposures for the University, including upcoming cap and trade requirements.
Innovation, Efficiency, Collaboration and Technology
1. Encourage collaboration and innovation between all locations in the development and/or purchase of new technologies that increase the efficiency of EHS operations, improve accountability with the University Community, and provide additional metrics to be included in the ERMIS.
2. Develop collaborative relationship with the leadership of Academic Senate at the system wide and campus level to build support for and to identify opportunities to improve environment, health and, safety accountability among faculty and researchers.
Education and Professional Development and Staffing
1. Provide system wide opportunities for professional development and continuing education to EHS Staff.
2. Locations provide appropriate staffing levels both in terms of the total number of staff and number of specialist staff to ensure regulatory compliance and proactive injury and claim reduction that this based upon potential risk exposure and actual workers’ compensation and general liability claims.