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An occupational health and safety management system provides a framework for managing OHS responsibilities so they become more efficient and more integrated into overall business operations. Health & Safety Policy The main components of a health and safety policy fall under three heading. • The general policy statement • Organisation • Arrangements Benefits of OHSAS 18001 Compliance with legislation Ownership of Health and Safety Issues Nominal effort is required Training needs are identified and realised Reduce Costs Ongoing improvement Liabilities minimised BASIC DEFINITIONS Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) Conditions and factors that effect the well being of employees, temporary workers, contractor personnel, visitors and any other person in the workplace. OH&S Management Systems Part of the overall management system that facilitates the management of the OH&S risks associated with the business of the organisation. This includes the organisational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing achieving, reviewing and maintaining the organisation’s OH&S policy. Performance Measurable results of the OH&S management system, related to the organisation’s control of health and safety risks based on its OH&S policy and objectives. Accident An undesired event giving rise to death, ill health, injury, damage or other loss) Hazard Source or situation with a potential for harm in terms of injury or ill health, damage to property, damage to the workplace environment, or a combination of these. Hazard Identification Process of recognising that a hazard exists and defining its characteristics. Incident Event that gave rise to an accident or had the potential to lead to an accident. (An incident where no ill health, injury, damage or other loss occurred is also referred to as a near miss. Risk Combination of the likelihood and consequence(s) of a specified hazardous event occurring. Tolerable Risk Risk that has been reduced to a level that can be endured by the organisation having regard to its legal obligations and its own OH&S policy. Heinrich’s Principle  Nonconformity A deviation that causes injury, illness, damage in workplace directly or indirectly arising from work standards, practices, legislations, management system performances. OHSAS 18001 HISTORY and OTHER RELATED STANDARDS 1974 : Health & Safety at Work Act 1979 : BS 5750 Pt 1,2,&3 1987 : ISO 9000 Series 1991 : HS(G) 65 Successful health and safety mgt 1994 : ISO 9000 Revised & BS 5750 became obsolete 1996 : ISO 14001 : 1996 published 1996 : BS 8800 Guide to OH&S management systems 1999 : OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series) 2000 : ISO 9000 :2000 published 2004 : ISO 14001 published 2007 : OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series) 2008 : ISO 9001: 2000 published OHSAS 18001: 2007 STRUCTURE 1. SCOPE 2. NORMATIVE REFERENCES 3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 4. OH&S MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENT 4.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENT 4.2 OH&S POLICY 4.3 PLANNING 4.4. IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION 4.5. CHECKING 4.6. MANAGEMENT REVIEW RISK ASSESSMENT Five main stage in risk assessment process Stage 1 – Check the risks Stage 2 – Decide who may be effected by Stage 3 – Evaluate the risks and decide if current measures are enough Stage 4 – Record the findings Stage 5 – Review the assessment and revise if needed Risk assessment must include followings All activities Materials Workplace Device Human Determine the hazards Anything can harm Turning shaft - tangled Wet flor - slip Smoking – Fire/Explotion Closed are work – Poisoned by smoke Think the normal and abnormal situations Determine the people under risk Age Sexuality Health situations think the subcontractor, other people who shares the foundations, visitors, emergency Services, common people, neighbours and passenger Analysis Risk = Probability/Chance x Effect / Intensity Probability What is the harming chance of a hazard by taking into consideration of all factors Very big probability Possible Probable Poor Impossible There are too much grading systems and as an Auditor you should have a capability to understand the logic that is used by the company. Intensity Death Injured Three Days Scrapped Accident/Event that not cause to injury There are too much grading systems and as an Auditor you should have a capability to undertsand the logic that is used by the company. We must calculate the RISK after the probability and intensity are determined. Probability X Intensity = Risk The priority order may be determined according to risk levels by using grading system The risk level that we can neglect is “Tolerable”. |