SAFETY AND HEALTH IN PROCESS INDUSTRIES Prof Zaki Yamani Zakaria Arvin Shadravan

OHSAS 18001 vs ISO 14001

Outline Introduction…………………………………………………………….. 3 OHSAS 18001…………………………………………………………… 4 ORIGIN………………………………………………………… 4 Development…………………………………………………. 5 How they work………………………………………………... 6 ISO 14001……………….………………………………………………. 7 Similarities……………………..…………..…………………………... 7 Differences…………………………………………………………...... 8 Video…………………….……………..……………………………….. 9

iNTRODUCTION OHSAS 18001, Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series, (officially BS OHSAS 18001) is an internationally applied British Standard for occupational health and safety management systems. ISO 14001 is an Environmental Management System (EMS) which provides a system for measuring and improving an organization’s environmental impact.

OHSAS 18001 ORIGINS Organizations worldwide recognize the need to control and improve health and safety performance and do so with occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS).  Recognizing this deficit, an international collaboration called the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) Project Group was formed to create a single unified approach. The Group comprised representatives from national standards bodies, academic bodies, accreditation bodies, certification bodies and occupational safety and health institutions,with the UK’s national standards body, BSI Group, providing the secretariat.

OHSAS 18001 DEVELOPMENT Drawing on the best of existing standards and schemes, the OHSAS Project Group published the OHSAS 18000 Series in 1999. The Series consisted of two specifications: 18001 provided requirements for an OHS management system and 18002 gave implementation guidelines. As of 2005, around 16,000 organizations in more than 80 countries were using the OHSAS 18001 specification. By 2009 more than 54,000 certificates had been issued in 116 countries to OHSAS or equivalent OHSMS standards.

How to establish an OHSAS 18001 Occupation health and safety management system? Establish an occupational, health and safety policy and OHS objectives and programs Ensure document and record control Define resources, roles, responsibilities, accountability and authority with regard to the OHSMS Implement an adequate occupational, health and safety communication, participation and consultation process Maintain good operational control Meet   strict criteria in relation to incident investigation Identify and deal with OHS non conformities by applying corrective and preventative action Monitor and measure the occupational, health and safety performance of the organization Audit the system and review the system at a management level periodically

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN OHSAS 18001 vs ISO 14001 Legal and other requirements Objectives and targets Competence, training and awareness Communication Documentation Control of documents Operational control Monitoring and measurement Evaluation of compliance Nonconformity, corrective and preventive actions Control of records Internal audit Management review

Differences BETWEEN OHSAS 18001 vs ISO 14001 The main difference between ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 is that: ISO 14001 focuses on managing your organization’s impact on the external environment, to reduce pollution and comply with regulations OHSAS 18001 focuses on managing your organization’s internal environment to ensure a safe and healthy workplace.

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