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OHSAS 18001 is a Standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It exists to help all kinds of organizations put in place demonstrably sound occupational health and safety performance. It is widely seen as the world's most recognized occupational health and safety management systems standard.
Its proponents claim that an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) promotes a safe and healthy working environment by providing a framework that helps organizations to: consistently identify and control health and safety risks; reduce the potential for accidents; aid legislative compliance; and improve overall performance.
The OHSAS 18000 standards provide organizations with the elements of an effective OHSMS that can be integrated with other management requirements and help organizations achieve better occupational health and safety performance and economic objectives.
BS OHSAS 18001 specifies requirements for an OH&S management system to help an organization develop and implement a policy and objectives, which take into account legal requirements and information about OH&S risks. It applies to all types and sizes of organizations and accommodates diverse geographical, cultural and social conditions.
BS OHSAS 18002 provides generic assistance for establishing, implementing or improving an OH&S management system, and demonstrates successful implementation of BS OHSAS 18001.
OHSAS 18001 can be aligned with existing ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems. Historically many organizations start with a quality management system (ISO 9001) and then add the environment management requirements from ISO 14001. They then look at their health and safety risks and add OHSAS 18001. More recently many organizations look at implementing all three standards at the same time which can be cost-effective and minimizes disruption. The standards can be integrated using a standard such as BSI's PAS 99.
With OHSAS 18001 you can increase your opportunities to tender for new business, which can result in preferred supplier status. You can also benefit from the following advantages of OHSAS 18001:
Identify and control health and safety risksReduce the potential for accidentsReduce sick days as a result of work-related injuries and ill-healthGenerate greater staff engagementReduce insurance premiumsEnsure complianceAvoid fines and lost productivity.
At Euro Veritas Ltd, we can help you take your policies a step further. We offer clients: An audit process conducted by experts in the given field.
Certification awarded by an International Certification Committee comprising senior experts, independent of the audit process itself and with a high level of appreciation of international best practice, also competent on the basis of Qualification. Recommendation for continual improvement of both policy and its implementation.