OHSAS18001 Occupational Health and Safety System Certification

Compliant with OHSAS18001 certification principles

The structure of OHSAS18001 standard is related to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards, especially in areas related to identifying, controlling, and reducing work hazards, where there are differences from the aforementioned standards. In addition to QMS and EMS, independent systems certified according to ISO 45001 have also been established, or these systems are simultaneously built as integrated systems. The OHSAS18001 certificate ensures that the occupational health and safety management system established by the company has been evaluated by recognized certification bodies and meets the requirements of the OHSAS18001 standard.

Release of new standard OHSAS18001

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a new ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems - Requirements and Guidelines for Use. The new ISO 45001:2018 standard was released on March 12, 2018, and the company's three-year transition period for implementing the standard is from that date until December 3, 2021. The validity of certificates issued according to CSN OHSAS 18001:2008/BS OHSAS 18001:2007 has been established in parallel - the latest version is 12.3.2021.

The certification and re certification of the management system according to OHSAS 18001:2007 will be conducted before March 12, 2020. Due to the limitations of certificates issued under OHSAS 18001:2007, we recommend that all applicants for certification and re certification begin timely planning and implementing plans to incorporate ISO 45001:2018 requirements into their occupational health and safety management systems.

In order to migrate from OHSAS 18001:2007 to ISO 45001:2018, IAF (International Accreditation Forum) has released document IAF MD 21:2018, which stipulates an increase of one audit staff day to validate the new ISO 45001 requirements for OHSAS 18001.

New OHSAS 18001 changes

Focus on the interests of stakeholders and organizations in terms of work safety and health protection

Focus on finding and responding to risks and opportunities

Strengthen the interconnection between strategies, policies, and objectives to ensure the implementation of business plans, namely the main business direction of protecting occupational safety and health, with a focus on preventing fatal accidents, work accidents, and occupational diseases, as well as improving and ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for workers and others managed by the organization

Reduce emphasis on documents based on the actual needs of the organization

Leadership - Transfer responsibilities to senior management, define roles more accurately, clearly define the responsibilities of senior management for OHSMS and the participation of 'non management personnel' in communication - Emphasize internal and external communication MS review - Provide more detailed descriptions of input and output requirements Preventive measures - Due to the introduction of a new requirement to identify and address health and safety risks as well as OHS opportunities and action plans, this request has been cancelled within the OHSMS framework to control or influence outsourcing processes and their boundaries, emphasizing compliance with legal and other requirements.

The benefits of OHSAS 18001 certification

Improve the occupational health and safety system established by various levels of organizations;

Systematically reduce the hazards to the safety and health of all individuals affected by organizational activities, products, or services;

Reduce the incidence of occupational diseases and injuries - improve performance;

Minimize costs associated with workplace accidents to the greatest extent possible;

A commitment to demonstrate compliance with legal requirements in the field of occupational safety.

Certification Procedure

The certification process includes the following basic stages:

file processing

1) Implement OHSMS

2) Certification conducted by recognized certification bodies

3) Evaluate and submit customer certification requirements

4) Reaching a certification review agreement (certification review is divided into two steps)

5) Appointing a team of auditors

6) Prepare audit plan

Verify facts in the following stages:

a) Check customer documentation

b) On site verification of facts

Write a report on the certification audit results

Assessment of audit reports by certification bodies

Issuance of certificates

supervision audit

Conduct an annual supervision audit within the validity period of the certificate for three years. Based on the monitoring results, issue a decision regarding certificate validity verification, which remains valid until the next monitoring or suspension of the certificate decision. If there is a significant deviation from the standard requirements, the certificate can be revoked in extreme cases. IQNET - International Certificate

The Testing and Certification Association is a member of CQS, which is a member of the international network IQNet. Through this collaboration, ITC certificates, CQS certificates, and internationally recognized IQNet certificates can be issued as required within the framework of a single certification process.

Certification according to other systems and industry standards (ISO 13485, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, ISO 9001)

Evaluate whether the product complies with the requirements of European directives (the product bears the CE mark)

Product testing, ATEST ITC

Calibration, validation standards, and measuring instruments

Voluntary Certification - 'ITC - Certified Quality' Mark

Technical standardization