Understanding OHSAS 18001
OHSAS 18001 is the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series, a standard essentially written by the BIS (British Standards Institution) related to human health and injury management. It defines the guidelines to establish an overall health and safety management system to prevent injuries and illnesses. There are four clauses in the standard. Clauses 1, 2, and 3 deal with scope, normative references, and definitions. This standard can be audited against its clauses for certification purposes.
Key Components of OHSAS 18001
The key components of this standard are hazard identification and risk assessment, resources, authority and accountability, training, consultation, and employee participation, communication, internal audit, non-conformance management, incident investigation and corrective and preventive actions, legal requirements and compliance evaluation, performance measurement and objectives, emergency preparedness and response plan, operational procedures to control hazards, document and records control, and management review.
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