OHSAS18001 certification

1. What is OHSAS18001 occupational health and safety management system?

Occupational health and safety management system (OHSAS18001) is a management system standard applicable to the occupational health and safety of any organization. The purpose is to reduce and prevent the loss of life, property, time and damage to the environment caused by accidents through management.

Ohsas18001:1999 provides an organization with a set of risk management methods:

- identify the hazard sources existing in the products, services, activities and working environment of the enterprise through professional investigation and evaluation and conformity identification of relevant regulatory requirements

- develop appropriate control plan for unacceptable hazard sources and risks

- implement control plan, regularly check and evaluate occupational health and safety regulations and plans

- establish a management system including organizational structure, responsibilities, training, information communication, emergency preparation and response, and continuously improve occupational health and safety performance.

On July 2, 2007, OHSAS18001 Standard Development Working Group officially issued the new version of OHSAS18001:2007 standard

2. Benefits of implementing OHSAS18001:

OHSAS18001 occupational health and safety management system can help enterprises to save costs and build good reputation, help enterprises to overcome non-tariff trade barriers, have long-term effects on national economic and social development, conform to the new trend of international trade, and promote sustainable economic development. It includes:

- establish the confidence of relevant parties that the enterprise conforms to the occupational health and safety policy

- increase buyer's confidence in product quality and reliability

- effectively reduce occupational health and safety risks of enterprise operation, prevent losses, improve benefits, and achieve sustainable operation of the enterprise

- reduce employee complaints or complaints, improve employee satisfaction, reduce employee turnover, and enhance organizational cohesion

- promote the improvement of internal management, embody the people-oriented corporate culture and enhance the corporate image of the company

OHSAS18000 audit scope

In order to clarify the basic requirements of the occupational safety and health management system, encourage the employer to adopt reasonable principles and methods of occupational safety and health management, control its occupational safety and health risks, and continuously improve the occupational safety and health performance, the occupational safety and health management system audit standard is specially formulated.

This specification is applicable to any employer with the following wishes:

(1) Establish occupational safety and health management system to effectively eliminate and reduce the possible risks related to the employer's activities that employees and other relevant personnel may suffer;

(2) Implement, maintain and continuously improve the occupational safety and health management system;

(3) Ensure to follow the stated occupational safety and health policy;

(4) Show the working principle of occupational safety and health to the society;

(5) Seek certification and registration of the occupational safety and health management system from external organizations;

(6) Self evaluation and declaration of compliance with this specification.

All requirements put forward in the specification are intended to help the employer establish an occupational safety and health management system, and their applicability depends on the employer's occupational safety and health policies, characteristics of activities, nature of risks and complexity of operation.

Our company has provided OHSAS18001:2007 occupational health and safety management system certification guidance for many enterprises and institutions, and 100% of them have passed the audit of certification bodies, and successfully obtained certification certificates for enterprises.