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This standard demonstrates that an organisation has a documented health & safety management system in place. It is fully compatible with the ISO 9001: 2000 (Quality) and ISO 14001:1996 (Environmental) management system standards and can be fully integrated with either or both these management systems if required. The OHSAS 18001 standard enables organisations to ensure that they can control their working practices and improve their health & safety performance.
The chart illustrates the process your business goes through to achieve this standard.
| Flowchart of key steps towards achieving OHSAS 18001 |
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Produce an action plan
to address requirements of the standard.
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Identify processes or activities
and undertake a risk assessment on each one.
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Take actions
to eliminate or reduce risks.
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Create records of actions taken and proposed, e.g:
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Company managers 