OHSAS comprises of two parts:
OHSAS 18001 is the first. This is an assessment specification for a Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. It was developed to help organizations meet their health and safety obligations in an efficient and effective manner.
OHSAS 18002 explains the requirements of the specification, and demonstrates how to work towards implementation and registration.
Together these comprise and emerging standard and methodology to address health and safety within the organization.
BENEFITS?
The benefits of taking the OHSAS route are often seen as follows:
- Reduce the exposure of employees and other parties to occupational health and safety risks associated with the organizations activities
- Potential reduction in resultant costs
- Greater assurance of conformance with occupational health and safety policy
- Demonstration of conformance to third parties, and of due diligence generally
- Consistent and proven management approach to H&S risks, present and future
- Deployment of method for continual improvement of the occupational health and safety management system
There is no doubt that OHSAS enables a structured, recognized framework for the effective management of health and safety risks. As such, it is going from strength to strength.
