OHSAS
18001
OHSAS
18001 The Occupational Health and Safety Assessment
Series (OHSAS) of standards were created by a number of the
worlds leading national standards bodies, certification bodies,
and specialist consultancies. A main driver for this
was to try to remove confusion in the workplace from the proliferation
of certifiable OH&S. specifications.
COMPATIBILITIES
OHSAS
18001 has been developed to be compatible with the ISO 9001
(Quality) and ISO 14001 (Environmental) management systems
standards, in order to facilitate the integration of quality,
environmental and occupational health and safety management
systems by organizations, should they wish to do so.
The
OHSAS specification gives requirements for an occupational
health and safety (OH&S) management system, to enable
an organisation to control its OH&S risks and improve
its performance. It does not state specific OH&S performance
criteria, nor does it give detailed specifications for the
design of a management system.
APPLICATION
The
OHSAS specification is applicable to any organisation that
wishes to:
- Establish an OH&S
management system to eliminate or minimise risk to employees
and other interested parties who may be exposed to OH&S
risks associated with its activities
- Implement, maintain
and continually improve an OH&S management system
- Assure itself of
its conformance with its stated OH&S policy
- Demonstrate such
conformance to others
- Seek certification/registration
of its OH&S management system by an external organisation
- Make a self-determination
and declaration of conformance with this OHSAS specification.
BENEFITS
The
benefits of taking the OHSAS route are often seen as follows:
- Reduce the exposure
of employees and other parties to occupational health
and safety risks associated with the organizations activities
- Potential reduction
in resultant costs
- Greater assurance
of conformance with occupational health and safety policy
- Demonstration of
conformance to third parties, and of due diligence generally
- Consistent and proven
management approach to H&S risks, present and future
- Continual improvement
of the occupational health and safety management system
There
is no doubt that OHSAS enables a structured, recognized framework
for the effective management of health and safety risks and
thus ensures regulatory compliance no matter what the jurisdiction.
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