OHSAS 18001:2007 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS:
OHSAS focus
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems minimize risk to employees and others, improve business performance and assist organization to establish a responsible image at market place
Challenges
The organization will have to continually develop systems, processes and human resource to qualify for OHSAS 18001:2007.
o OH&S Policy
o Planning
OH&S Review
Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control
Legal and Other requirements
Objectives, targets, performance indicators and programmes
o Implementation and operation
Resources, Roles, Responsibility and authority
Competence, training and awareness
Communication and reporting
• Communication
• Reporting
Documentation and control
• OH&S Policy, objectives and targets
Operational control
• Design and Engineering
• Purchasing
Emergency Preparedness and response
Critical Incident Recovery plan
o Checking
Monitoring and measurement
Evaluation of compliance
Accident, incident, non-conformance, corrective and preventive action
Control of records
Internal Audit
o Management Review
