OHSAS

OHSAS is a multi-disciplinary organisation with expertise in a comprehensive range of occupational health and safety skills. OHSAS can provide your company with advice and support your needs through training, policy development and specialist expertise in the following areas:

We offer an independent service specialising in the increasingly intricate area of occupational health and safety. We aim to provide you with a prompt, cost-effective and high quality service - practical help to make your working environment a better and safer place.

For the record, the following other documents, amongst others, were used in the creation process:

• BS8800:1996 Guide to occupational health and safety management systems
• DNV Standard for Certification of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems(OHSMS):1997
• Technical Report NPR 5001: 1997 Guide to an occupational health and safety management system
• Draft LRQA SMS 8800 Health & safety management systems assessment criteria
• SGS & ISMOL ISA 2000:1997 Requirements for Safety and Health Management Systems
• BVQI SafetyCert: Occupational Safety and Health Management Standard
• Draft AS/NZ 4801 Occupational health and safety management systems Specification with guidance for use
• Draft BSI PAS 088 Occupational health and safety management systems
• UNE 81900 series of pre-standards on the Prevention of occupational risks
• Draft NSAI SR 320 Recommendation for an Occupational Health and Safety (OH and S) Management System

The participants were as follows:

* National Standards Authority of Ireland
* Standards Australia
* South African Bureau of Standards
* British Standards Institution
* Bureau Veritas Quality International
* Det Norske Veritas
* Lloyds Register Quality Assurance
* National Quality Assurance
* SFS Certification
* SGS Yarsley International Certification Services
* Asociaci?spa? de Normalizaci? Certificaci?r
* International Safety Management Organisation Ltd
* Standards and Industry Research Institute of Malaysia
* International Certification Services

• 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
• Assure itself of its conformance with its stated OH&S policy
• Demonstrate such conformance to others
• Implement, maintain and continually improve an OH&S management system
• Make a self-determination and declaration of conformance with this OHSAS specification.
• Seek certification/registration of its OH&S management system by an external organisation