ISO 18001:2015

 

OHSAS is the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series for health and safety management systems. Occupational Health is becoming an important business driver in present sensitive business environment. Health and safety is directly related to productivity and efficiency of the organization.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.

 

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.

 

OHSAS 18001 is an Occupation Health and Safety Assessment Series for health and safety management systems. It is intended to help an organizations to control occupational health and safety risks. It was devloped in response to widespread demand for a recognized standard against which to be certified and assessed

   

BENEFITS OF ISO 18001:2015/OHSAS

 

INTERNAL BENEFITS:

Enhanced employee motivation and acceptance regarding occupational health and safety. Reduction in possibilities of accidents and incidents. Reduced health and safety related risks resulting in reduced costs. Improved legal compliance. Improved image and competitive ability by way of sustained OH&S performance. Reduced material and man-days loss due to accidents and production breakdowns.