British Standards Institute Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series System BSI-OHSAS

BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ASSESSMENT SERIES SYSTEM (BSI-OHSAS 18001) 

British Standards Institute (BSI) OHSAS 18001 is the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series specification. Implementation demonstrates an organization s commitment to protection of health and safety in the workplace. It comprises two parts, 18001 and 18002, and embraces a number of other publications. 

OHSAS 18001 was created via a concerted effort from a number of the world s leading national standards bodies, certification bodies, and specialist consultancies. A main driver for this was to try to remove confusion in the workplace from the proliferation of certifiable occupational health and safety specifications. 

Broadly, the system provides a framework for organizations to identify elements of their business that present risks from an occupational health, safety, or environ- 

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