Health & Safety Standards

ALL BRMCA Members operate company systems to OHSAS 18001 standards.

The Health and Safety & OHSAS Guide

What is OHSAS 18001?

OHSAS 18000 is an international occupational health and safety management system specification. It comprises two parts, 18001 and 18002 and embraces BS8800 and a number of other publications.

Who Wrote It?

OHSAS 18001 was created via the concerted effort from a number of the world's leading national standards bodies, certification bodies, and specialist consultancies. A main driver for this was to try to remove confusion in the workplace from the proliferation of certifiable OH&S. specifications.

Compatibilities

OHSAS 18001 has been developed to be compatible with the ISO 9001 (Quality) and ISO 14001 (Environmental) management systems standards, in order to facilitate the integration of quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management systems by organizations, should they wish to do so.

The (OHSAS) specification gives requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, to enable an organisation to control its OH&S risks and improve its performance. It does not state specific OH&S performance criteria, nor does it give detailed specifications for the design of a management system.

Application & Benefits

The OHSAS specification is applicable to any organisation that wishes to:

• Establish an OH&S management system to eliminate or minimise risk to employees and other interested parties who may be exposed to OH&S risks associated with its activities.
• Implement, maintain and continually improve an OH&S management system.
• Assure itself of its conformance with its stated OH&S policy.
• Demonstrate such conformance to others.
• Seek certification/registration of its OH&S management system by an external organisation.
• Make a self-determination and declaration of conformance with this OHSAS specification.