OHSAS
18000
Introduction
Companies
are increasingly concerned with the potential impact of their
processes, products and services on the Health and Safety of their
employees. Addressing these Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S)
concerns can be achieved consistently through the implementation
of an OH&S Management System (OHSMS) such as the OHSAS 18000.
The standards provides the framework for the organisation to examine
issues such as the allocation of resources, assignment of responsibilities
and on-going evaluation of practices, procedures and processes
systematically, and to achieve continuous improvement in OH&S
performance through effective management of their risk impacts.
What
is OHSAS 18000?
The
OHSAS 18000 is a management system that enable organisations to
control the impact of their activities, products and services
on Occupational Health and Safety. The Standards provide a framework
for organisations to establish a strategic approach to their Occupational
Health and Safety policy, plans and actions.
What
are the Benefits of OHSAS 18000?
In
addition to a company's quality, environment and other management
systems, a well designed OHSMS will help the company to cut direct
and indirect costs at one end of the spectrum, to possible saving
of lives at the other extreme. OHSAS 18000 will improve the occupational
health and safety performance of organisations by providing guidance
on how the management of other aspects of business performance
in order to:-
Minimise risk to employees and others;
Improve business performance by either increasing the employees'
productivity e.g. reduce absenteeism, reduce medical leaves, promote
healthy working environment etc. or reducing costs ranging from
increasing medical fees, insurance claims and higher insurance
premium; and
Assist organisation to establish a responsible image within marketplace.
How
can Goleman Consulting assist?
Goleman
Consulting has a team of experienced and qualified consultants
to assist companies to design and develop a OHSAS 18000 Occupational
Health and Safety Management System.
Our
consultants are highly professional, experienced, trained and
competent to carry out consultancy services in management systems
on a wide range of industrial sectors.
We
will assist your company to achieve OHSAS 18000 Certification
in a simple and practical way, using the shortest time and with
the least cost.