OHSAS 18001 Conformance
The Problems
The ability for a company to say "OHSAS 18001 compliant" is a desirable achievement for many organizations because it recognizes the need to put in place a sound occupational health and safety management system.
The OHSAS 18001 standard contains the requirements for an occupational health and safety management system design that promotes a safe and healthy working environment, consistently identify and control health safety risks and reduce the potential for accidents, however successfully implementing the standard brings challenges.
Do these problems sound familiar ?
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I am not ready to pass an OHSAS 18001 audit.
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I can’t find the correct documentation.
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My documentation does not meet the requirements of the OHSAS 18001 standard.
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My company spends too much money on conformance efforts.
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My company is not able to keep up with changes to documents.
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I need to bring my documentation up to the current version of the standard.
The Needs
Organizations seeking registration to OHSAS 18001 must be able to must successfully execute the following:
- Development of “audit ready” documentation – Solid documentation must include a policy manual, procedures and instructions covering the requirements in the standards with traceability to the stated requirements and objective evidence to support that the documentation is being followed.
- Enforce document control – Successful document control means that you can do the following things well: Revision control, document access, routing, approval and change impact analysis. Besides control, a document must be easy to find and retrieve by the intended user of its contents.