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BS OHSAS 18001:2007
BS OHSAS 18001 Ocupational Health and Safety System. Requirements
About BS OHSAS 18001:
• BS OHSAS 18001 is a British standard that replaces the specification OHSAS 18001:1999. BS OHSAS 18001 is a standard for occupational health and safety management system, developed for the purpose of providing the organizations with the opportunity to control and improve occupational health and safety.
• The standard BS OHSAS 18001 is compatible with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and allows for an easy integration. The legal and regulatory requirements and the constant improvement are the two important aspects of BS OHSAS 18001.
• The certification under BS OHSAS 18001 demonstrates the company commitment to provide safe working environment and protection to their staff and other stakeholders from accidents and incidents.
• The elements of BS OHSAS 18001 include policy and commitment; identification of the hazards; risk assessment and control, conformity assessment; legal requirements; objectives and programmes, organization and staff, training, communication and consultations; documents and records; operational control, preparedness for unforeseen situations, monitoring and measurement, investigating incidents and accidents; corrective and preventive actions, audit and inspection by the management.
• It can be applied by any organization that is willing to demonstrate commitment to providing health and safety, to manage and minimize the occupational health risks for its staff and the ones that benefit from its activity.
Advantages
• Supports and improves the management and control on occupational health and safety.
• Supports the observation of the legal requirements on occupational safety.
• Improves the culture of safe working environment within the organization.
• Decreases costs related to accidents and improves the efficiency of the labour force.
• Improves the reputation of the organization with regard to occupational safety.