OHSAS 18001-Occupational Health & Safety

Welcome to the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Zone. Here you will find a information, guidance, resources and recommendations to help you address the requirements of this standard, and to manage health and safety more effectively.

OHSAS 18001 was created via a concerted effort from a number of the worlds leading national standards bodies, certification bodies, and specialist consultancies. OHSAS helps in a variety of respects... it helps: minimize risk to employees/etc; improve an existing OH&S management system; demonstrate diligence; gain assurance; etc. The benefits can be substantial OHSAS 18001 was created via the concerted effort from 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.

APPLICATION AND BENEFITS

The OHSAS specification is applicable to any organisation that wishes to:

• 1) Establish an OH&S management system to eliminate or minimize    risk to employees    and other interested parties who may be    exposed to OH&S risks associated with its    activities
  
• 2) Implement, maintain and continually improve an OH&S    management system
• 3) Assure itself of its conformance with its stated OH&S policy
• 4) Demonstrate such conformance to others
• 5) Seek certification/registration of its OH&S management system by    an external    organisation
• 6) Make a self-determination and declaration of conformance with    this OHSAS    specification.