WHAT IS OHSAS 18001?

• OHSAS 18000 is an international occupational health and safety management system specification.

• It comprises two parts, 18001 and 18002 and embraces a number of other publications.

• OHSAS 18001 is an Occupation Health and Safety Assessment Series for health and safety management systems.

• It is intended to help organizations to control occupational health and safety risks.

• It was developed in response to widespread demand for a recognized standard against which to be certified and assessed.

• OHSAS 18001 was created via a concerted effort from a number of the worlds 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 OH&S specifications.

BENEFITS OF OHSAS 18001

• Establish an OH&S management system to eliminate or minimise risk to employees and other interested parties who may be exposed to OH&S risks associated with its activities

• Assure itself of its conformance with its stated OH&S policy

• Demonstrate such conformance to others

• Implement, maintain and continually improve an OH&S management system

• Make a self-determination and declaration of conformance with this OHSAS specification.

• Seek certification/registration of its OH&S management system by an external organisation

• Helps to minimise risk to employees/etc

• Demonstrate diligence; gain assurance; etc.

   

  How we can help you?

  For more information on how we can assist your facility with achieving certification to any MS standards , contact:

  Abubakar Bello;

  Tel. (+234) 0805 502 7755, 0803 786 9508, 09 671 3570

  Email: ambello@eemslimited.com. or simply complete an online customer service inquiry

  EEMS Limited has the capacity to assist you in the entire process from development of programs to implementation and achieving registration/certification. We can also provide you with information on what to expect during the audit process and how to successfully plan & strategize to become ISO14001 certified. EEMS Limited assisted AshakaCem Plc in becoming the second Nigerian Cement Manufacturer to achieve ISO 9001 certification in Nigeria. We have also provided support and guidance to British American Tobacco, Zaria and ARMECO in Kaduna that lead their being certified to the NIS ISO 9001 by Standard Organisation of Nigeria. In addition, we have provided environmental program management services for several companies that incorporate ISO14001 principles.