Occupational health and safety management system
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An Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) provides a framework for managing Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) responsibilities so they become more efficient and better integrated into an organization’s overall business operations. It incorporates specific elements such as organizational structure, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes, and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing, and maintaining the OH&S policy for an organization’s health and safety process. OHSMS is based on standards, which specify a process of achieving continuously improved OH&S performance and complying with regulations.
The OHSAS 18000 series of standards grew out of the global success of the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 series of Standards and the increasing demand by companies for a standard that addressed the management of managing safety in the workplace. Originally created from the British Standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems BS 8800:1996, OHSAS 18001 was developed by a group of certification bodies to provide a common standard from which organizations could build and manage a standardized Occupational Health and Safety Management System.
The OHSAS 18000 series comprises two parts:
- One OHSAS 18001:
Occupational Health and Safety Management Specifications. This part of the series is an assessment specification for health and safety management systems. It was developed in response to widespread demand for a recognized standard against which a company could be certified and assessed and could meet their health and safety obligations in an efficient manner.
- Two OHSAS 18002:2000:
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Guidelines for the Implementation of OHSAS 18001. OHSAS 18002 explains the requirements of the specification and shows a company how to work towards implementation and registration.
There are six (6) primary sections that classify the requirements in OHSAS 18001. Within these six sections of the Standard are the specific requirements that an organization must apply to implement an Occupational Health and Safety Management System. The OHSAS 18001 series has been designed integrate with both the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems with many sections and sub-clauses of each standard being very similar, such as management review, document control, and corrective and preventive action.
The OHSAS 18000 series of standards that includes OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) grew out of the international success of the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 series of Standards and the need for managing safety in the work environment. This Standard was created from the British Standard (BS) for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems BS 8800:1996. In addition to the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Specifications there is a guidance document in this series known as OHSAS 18002:2000 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Guidelines for the implementation of OHSAS 18001. Organizations self certify or register to only the OHSAS 18001 Standard.
[s'àtúnṣe] See also
- Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Specifications (OHSAS)
- Environmental Management System (EMS)
- Total Quality Management (TQM)
