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OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Certification
OHSAS 1800:2007 Occupational, Health and Safety Management Certification is an internationally standard which provides a framework to identify, control and decrease the risks associated with health and safety within your company. Implementing the standard will send a clear signal to your stakeholders that you view employee’s health and safety as a principal priority within your company.
An increasing number of organisations are completing OHSAS 18001 Certification as employers are under increasing pressure to ensure that a rigorous health and safety policy is in place which protects employees against possible occupational risks and reduces the likelihood of accidents in the workplace. By planning ahead a company can also reduce the potential for medical and compensation claims.
The OHSAS 18001 standard provides organisations with a framework for health and safety management helping them to:
Identify, minimise and control health and safety risks
Conform to health and safety legislation
Protect the wellbeing of employees.
What is OHSAS 18001
OHSAS 18001 is an internationally recognised occupational, health and safety management system series standard. The OHSAS 18001 standard is based on the similar ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Plan - DO - Check - Act structure. To achieve certification to OHSAS 18001, an organisation must have a health and safety management system compliant with the requirements of the OHSAS 18001 standard. The standard also requires a company to have appropriate health and safety policies, procedures and protocols to ensure it is a safety conscientious organisation.
How to establish an OHSAS 18001 Occupation health and safety management system?
Formulate an Occupational, Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) with the establishment of an occupational, health and safety (OHS) manual in which the scope of OHSMS is determined
Establish an occupational, health and safety policy and OHS objectives and programmes
Ensure document and record control
Implement and maintain a procedure to identify hazards, assess risk and determine controls in the work place
Maintain procedures to ensure applicable occupational, health and safety legislation is identified, communicated within and compliance assessed
Define resources, roles, responsibilities, accountability and authority with regard to the OHSMS
Implement an adequate occupational, health and safety communication, participation and consultation process
Maintain good operational control
Plan emergency preparedness and response
Meet strict criteria in relation to incident investigation
Identify and deal with OHS non conformities by applying corrective and preventative action
Monitor and measure the occupational, health and safety performance of the organisation
Audit the system and review the system at a management level periodically
Benefits of OHSAS 18001
Certification to OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety management systems signals to your clients and stakeholders that your organisation is committed to protecting the needs of all your stakeholders.
Benefits of OHSAS 18001 Certification – Health and Safety Certification
Improved corporate image and credibility among stake holders, regulators, customers, prospective clients and the public
Adoption of international best practice in relation to risk management
Ensures health and well-being of employees, sub-contractors and the public
Minimisation of liability of employers through adoption of proactive rather than reactive controls
Ensures legislative awareness and compliance
Reduces accident and incident rates by reducing and elimination workplace hazards
Improves the incident investigation process
Increases employee motivation through the provision of a safer workplace and participation process
OHSAS 18001 Certification
The OHSAS 18001 certification process involves a two stage certification process.
Stage 1 OHSAS 18001 (Pre- Certification Assessment)
Stage 2 OHSAS 18001 (Certification Assessment)
ISO 18001 Stage 1 is completed on site to determine if your system has met the minimum requirements of the standard and is capable of being audited.
ISO 18001 Stage 2 (once stage one is completed and you have made any necessary changes) is an audit of the effectiveness of the system. Both stages must be completed to become certified.
An ISO 18001 certificate lasts for 3 years and a company needs to undergo surveillance visit audits annually to maintain their OHSAS 18001 certification.
After each stage, the Lead Auditor will prepare and deliver a comprehensive written audit report detailing the findings of the assessment. On successful completion of stages one and two the auditor will recommend to our CAAC Certification Manager with the detailed report. The Certification Manager will review your file to ensure that the recommendations have been made in an impartial, fair and competent manner, then the company will be informed of its status.
Once your organisations pass both stages you will be officially certified to ISO18001
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