OHSAs 18001 Step By Step: A Practical Guide

by IT Governance Publishing (Editor)

Overview

An essential guide to OHSAS 18001 We say 'take care' as we wave our loved ones goodbye in the morning, but how often is this message taken into the workplace? In this easy-to-understand and timely pocket guide, Naeem Sadiq, examines the Understanda as it gears up to meet OHSAS 18001 standards of occupational health and safety. Real-world scenarios Using a wide variety of fictional 'real world' scenarios, Sadiq demonstrates the hazards that might be present in a workplace, how to assess risk, how to manage OHSAS 18001 implementation and how to communicate its implementation through all levels of management. Sadiq takes the complex, and often impenetrable, concepts that surround health and safety and presents them with absolute precision and clarity. A sound understanding of OHSAS 18001 OHSAS 18001: Step by Step is more than a primer. Besides giving the reader a sound understanding of OHSAS 18001, the pocket guide can be used as a step-by-step instructional manual for anyone tasked with implementing operational health and safety standards in the workplace. This pocket guide gives its readers: •A comprehensive explanation of OHSAS 18001 and its implications •An understanding of how OHSAS 18001 can be implemented through the PDCI (Plan-Do-Check-Improve) management principle •A 'how-to' guide for establishing an Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Policy •A 'how-to' guide for identifying risks and controls within the organisation •An understanding of the law; the legislative and contractual OH&S requirements to which an organisation subscribes •An explanation of how OH&S objectives can be determined and established, and how to apportion responsibility and accountability throughout the organisation •Clear understanding of OH&S accountability and the need for diligent record-keeping •A 'how-to' guide for setting up a training, competence and awareness regime •Understanding of how OHSAS 18001 protects not just colleagues, but customers and contractors who enter your workplace •Expert guidance on how to deal with emergencies. Buy this pocket guide and protect your workforce with OHSAS 18001!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849283625
Publisher:	Bernan Distribution
Publication date:	04/28/2012
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	3.84(w) x 6.44(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Naeem Sadiq is a certified lead auditor and lead trainer for the ISO14001 standard. His work experience in engineering and management includes working as an independent consultant, auditor, and trainer for ISO14001 and ISO9001, as well as for the occupational health and safety standard OHSAS18001.

Table of Contents

1. What is OHSAS 18001?

2. OH&S Management System General Requirements (Clause 4.1)

3. Occupational Health and Safety Policy (Clause 4.2)

4. Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Determination of Controls (Clause 4.3.1)

5.Legal and Other Requirements (Clause 4.3.2)

6. Objectives and Programme(s) (Clause 4.3.3)

7. Resources, Roles, Responsibility, Accountability and Authority (Clause 4.4.1)

8. Competence, Training and Awareness (Clause 4.4.2)

9. Communication, Participation and Consultation (Clause 4.4.3)

10. Documentation and Control of Documents (Clause 4.4.4 and 4.4.5)

11. Operational Controls (Clause 4.4.6)

12. Emergency Preparedness and Response (Clause 4.4.7)

13. Performance Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation of Compliance (Clause 4.5.1 and 4.5.2)

14. Incident Investigation, Non- Conformity, Corrective and Preventive Action (Clause 4.5.3)

15. Control of Records (Clause 4.5.4)

16. Internal Audit (Clause 4.5.5)

17. Management Review (Clause 4.6)

Appendix A: Sample Procedure for OH&S Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Determination of Controls

Appendix B: OH&S Hazard and Risk Register

Appendix C: Types of OH&S Hazards

Appendix D: Sample Procedure for Training Competence and Awareness

Appendix E: Documents Required by OHSAS 18001

Appendix F: Sample Procedure for Critical Pressure Equipment (CPE)

Appendix G: Sample Procedure for ‘Permit to Work’

Appendix H: Sample Procedure for Fork-lift Trucks

Appendix I: Sample Format for a Non- Conformity Report (NCR)

Appendix J: Sample Format for OH&S Record Control

Appendix K: Sample Input Report for OH&S Management System Review