PN-N-18001:2004 / OHSAS 18001 Standard
Occupational Safety and Health Management

Health & safety management systems - OHSAS 18001 / PN-N-18001:2004

Many health and safety management systems have had risk-based approaches for some time. These management systems have often focused on specific employee hazards or job profiling to ensure employees have a reduced exposure to health and safety risks.

This had led to the development of an internationally accepted standard for health and safety management systems - OHSAS 18001.

The fall down of previous health and safety management systems is that they were usually based on different formats and often leave out critical components. Some don't cover emergency response, others won't focus enough on training or PPE and most under-achieve and are over-documented.

BDG will help you develop a health and safety management system that includes all of the components that are important to your company. We base our management systems on the new OHSAS 18001 standard. What makes this even easier is that if you have an environmental or quality management system, the components of OHSAS 18001 are so similar they are easily linked and integrated.

The potential savings in lost time incidents through implementing a OHSAS 18001 health and safety management system can be huge. We can help you understand these potential benefits by undertaking an assessment to identify gaps and help you prepare a business case for improvements that show the potential savings.

A well structured Occupational Health & Safety Management System will include:

• A health and safety policy,
• Define the duties of employees,
• Have formal communication lines,
• Contractor management,
• The identification of hazards and their control,
• Training and competency requirements,
• Audit and review of the management system and work practices,
• Formal notification & reporting procedures,
• Accident reporting and investigation,
• Rehabilitation programmes.

We are able to integrate Occupational Health & Safety system with ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems, ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems and HACCP Food Safety systems.