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OHSAS 18001 - Overview

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Drivers for improving health and safety performance


Worker Injuries, illnesses and fatalities

"Every day in America, 13 people go to work and never come home. Every year in America, nearly 4 million people suffer a workplace injury from which some may never recover. These are preventable tragedies that disable our workers, devastate our families, and damage our economy. American workers are not looking for a handout or a free lunch. They are looking for a good day's pay for a hard day's work. They just want to go to work, provide for their families, and get home in one piece.”

—Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, Workers Memorial Day speech April 26, 2012

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Why improve your OH&S performance?

Financial

• Penalties/fines

• Downtime/lost business

• Accident investigation

• Insurance premiums

Legislation

Customers/Supply Chain demands

Stakeholder demands

Risk of civil litigation / reputational damage

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Introduction to OHSAS 18001


An introduction to OHSAS 18001

• First published in April 1999• Adopted as a British Standard in 2007 • Defines framework for best practice for managing health

and safety issues• Applicable to any organization• Can be used for voluntary certification of an organization’s

OH&S

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What is OHSAS 18001?

• OHSAS 18001 sets out the minimum requirements for occupational health and safety management best practice.

• The standard can be adapted to all types of organizations to help them eliminate or minimize operational risks and hazards.

• It has been designed to help our clients create the best possible working conditions in their organization and meet legal, industry and customer requirements.


Key OH&S Definitions

• Hazard – Anything with the potential to cause harm, injury, illness or loss.

• Risk – A description of the likelihood and consequence of a hazard causing injury or illness.

• Risk assessment – The process of determining the likelihood and consequence of injury, disease or illness or damage arising from exposure to a hazard.

• Risk control – Measures that eliminate or reduce the risks associated with hazards.


The OHSAS 18001 Approach

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Planning

Implementation &operation

Checking

Management Review

Continual Improvement

Initial Review

Policy


Policy

‘Where do we want to be?’

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Management Review

Policy

Planning

Feedback from measuring

performance Audit


Planning

‘How do we get to where we want to be?’

Policy

Implementation and Operation


performance Audit

Planning:•Hazard ID

•Legal Requirements

•Objectives


Implementation & Operation

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Implementation and

Operation

Planning

Checking and Corrective Action


performance Audit


Checking

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Checking

Implementation and Operation

Management Review


performance Audit


Management Review

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Management Review

Checking

Policy

External Factors Internal Factors


Benefits of using OHSAS 18001


Benefits of using OHSAS 18001

• Saves time and money in developing a OH&S management system

• Gives confidence to stakeholders

• Opens up international markets and opportunities for growth

• Improves process efficiency and change success

• Staff are more aware of what they should be doing and are more likely to comply – fewer incidents, fewer fines

• Faster response and recovery – less impact from incidents, less risk of missed delivery deadlines

• Data upon which important decisions are made is more robust

• Health and safety is embedded into the culture of the organization ensuring behavioural change

• BSI clients have reported the following benefits:

• 64% reduced the number of incidents

• 53% reduced lost hours through sickness and illness

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Return on Investment

The ROI on $1 Spent on Safety—A recent Liberty Mutual poll of executives shows that for every $1 spent on direct costs related to an accident, there are another $3 to $5 worth of indirect costs...putting the actual cost of an accident (with direct medical and compensation costs of $15,000) at somewhere between $45,000 and $75,000. Most executives polled by Liberty Mutual said that for every $1 their company spent on workplace safety, they saved at least $3. In a recent poll of financial decision makers the participants perceived that on average for every dollar spent improving working place approximately $4.41 would be returned.Source: Financial Decision Makers’ Views on Safety The American Society of Safety Engineers

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Reduced Insurance Premiums

Companies with a history of zero or only minor incidents can see their insurance premiums drop to 75 percent of what their competitors are paying for the same policy, whereas poor incident history can lead to paying insurance premiums as high as 300 percent of the going rate.Source: IEC – Independent Electrical Contractors

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Demonstrating compliance19


Summary

• There are strong drivers for improving health and safety performance including protecting staff, complying with legislation and reducing operating costs

• OHSAS 18001 provides the best practice framework for identifying and managing health and safety risks

• Organizations have seen real benefits from using OHSAS 18001

• Use the PDCA approach to implement your health and safety management system

• Demonstrate your achievements to others

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Contact Us

Address: BSI Group America Inc.

12110 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 200

Reston, VA 20190

Main Office Telephone: 888-429-6178

Fax: 703 437 9001

Email: [email protected]

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