OHSAS 18001

An effective and robust occupational health and safety (OHS) management system can help you turn uncontrolled hazards into controlled risks and so better safeguard the wellbeing of both your people and your business.

How can OHSAS 18001 benefit my organisation?

Whether you have a contractual requirement to gain certification to OHSAS 18001, or one of the growing numbers of organisations looking to reduce the overall risks to the organisation and demonstrate good governance, there are a number of key benefits with implementing a certified OHS management system. These include:

• a structured approach to hazard identification and risk management which can contribute to the provision of a healthier and safer working environment and the avoidance of a high proportion of accidents and occupational health problems – this should help reduce lost time through employee illness and injury
• the management of health and safety becoming more transparent and effective by translating the outputs of risk assessment, audits, inspections, legal reviews and incident investigations into action plans to minimise the risk of accidents
• improved staff morale, potential reductions in liability claims and lower insurance premiums
• increased credibility from having an OHS management system independently assessed

Your next step

LRQA provide a range of assessment, certification and training services to BS OHSAS 18001. Call 0800 783 2179 or complete the enquiry form on this website for further information.

To learn more about how the LRQA assessment process works see our assessment section and for our training services, visit our training section.

We are also currently unique in being the only organisation to have been recognised by UKAS as able to offer accredited certification in any industry sector for quality, environmental and health and safety management systems.

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