The Occupational Health and Safety Management System basically sets standards for improving working environments, working in healthy and safe environments for employees, preventing occupational accidents and diseases, predetermining potential hazards and taking precautions against various risks. As these standards are also within the responsibility of the state, they try to put the institutions in order by enacting laws and regulations.
As a matter of fact OHSAS 18001 standards and these regulations are largely in line with these regulations. Although it is not an ISO standard, it has been accepted internationally and many system organizations have obtained these certificates.
Organizations OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certificate in many points. Falling in damaged accidents and diseases, decrease in deaths and injuries, decrease in risk, improvement in employee health, decrease in production loss, hence increase in productivity, increase in employee motivation, strengthening the image of the organization, superiority over competitors and compliance with legal regulations, gaining several points are the gains.
The best way to establish an OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System for an organization is to receive consultancy services on this subject. There are numerous certification bodies and consultancy firms that support this issue. Generally, the installation steps of the system are as follows:
- Providing occupational health and safety trainings to everyone from the top to the bottom level employees
- at the launch Occupational Health and Safety Management System structure
- Determining and announcing the policy for the Occupational Health and Safety Management System by the top management
- Hazard analysis and risk assessment
- Determination of risk control methods
- Worker's health and work safety objectives
- Determination of duties and powers related to the operation of the system
- Establishing occupational health and safety procedures
- Preparing emergency plans
- Deciding on system performance measurement and monitoring methods
- Determination of workplace accident and non-compliance reporting system
- Preparation of Occupational Health and Safety Management System documents
- Establishment of internal audit team and training of internal auditors
- Internal audits and reporting
The managers and employees of TURCERT certification organization are ready to provide necessary support for the establishment of OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System.