OSHAS 18001 and ISO 14001 EMS

Nestor B. Mejia, CHMM, REM, CAC, ASP

OHSAS 18001 and EMS ISO 14001OHSAS 18001 and EMS ISO 14001

September 20th, 2012

EORM San Jose, CA

Safety Health EnvironmentSystematic and comprehensive need to

incorporate the organization’s commitment to a corporate wide EHS program that encompasses regions and countries – A global management system.

Recognized certifications for comprehensive program to address all Safety, Health and Environmental concerns.

Measurable progress and accomplishments.Administration and operations documentation

that supports compliance claims.

Occupation Health Safety Assessment Specification « OHSAS »

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

It is intended to help an 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.


Central to OHSAS requirements are strong policies and procedures.

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.

Other documents, were used in the creation process:i. BS8800: 1996 Guide to occupational health and safety management systems. ii. UNE 81900 series of pre-standards on the Prevention of occupational risks.


iii. Technical Report NPR 5001: 1997 Guide to an occupational health and safety management system iv. Draft LRQA SMS 8800 Health & safety management systems assessment criteria v. SGS & ISMOL ISA 2000:1997 Requirements for Safety and Health Management Systems vi. BVQI Safety Cert: Occupational Safety and Health Management Standard vii. Draft AS/NZ 4801 Occupational health and safety management systems Specification with guidance for use.


1.1 Health and Safety Management

1.11 General plant and equipment

1.2 Training 1.12 Accident Treatment / Accident Reporting / First Aid Facilities

1.3 Risk Assessment 1.13 Abrasive Wheels

1.4 Housekeeping 1.14 Excavations and Openings

1.5 Permits to Work 1.15 Confined Spaces

1.6 Working on or in the vicinity of high temperature hot water systems

1.16 Electrical Equipment

1.7 Working in the vicinity of sprinkler systems

1.17 Cranes, Hoists, Platforms etc.

1.8 Protection against noise 1.18 Working at Heights

1.9 Protection against fire 1.19 Compressed Gas Cylinders

1.10 Hazardous substances and materials

1.20 Welfare Facilities


1.21 Alcohol 1.31 Provision and use of Work Equipment

1.22 Smoking 1.32 Hygienic Maintenance

1.23 Safety Harnesses

1.24 Non English Speaking Personnel

1.25 Testing, Commissioning and maintenance of temporary plant and services

1.26 Personal Protective Equipment

1.27 Appointments by Contractor

1.28 Manual Handling

1.29 Re-use of Metal Drums

1.30 Emergency Procedures


Establish an EHS management system to eliminate or minimize risk to employees who may be exposed to risks associated with their work activities.

Assure conformance with stated EHS policies. Demonstrate conformance to external bodies. Implement, maintain and continually improve an

EHS management system. Make a self-determination and declaration of

conformance with this OHSAS specification. EHS management system verifiable by an external

organization.


OHSAS helps in a variety of ways to minimize risk to employees, visitors, community and shareholders.

Improve an existing EHS management system.Demonstrate diligence.Gains assurance.As of 2005, around 16,000 organizations in more

than 80 countries were using the OHSAS 18001 specification.

By 2009 more than 54,000 certificates had been issued in 116 countries.

Environmental Management SystemISO 14001 « EMS 14001 »

ISO 14000 is a family of standards related to environmental management that exists to help organizations:(a) minimize how their operations (processes etc.) negatively affect the environment (i.e. cause adverse changes to air, water, or land),(b) comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other environmentally oriented requirements, and (c) continually improve on (a) (b) and (c) above.


The ISO 14000 family includes most notably the ISO 14001 standard, which represents the core set of standards used by organizations for designing and implementing an effective environmental management system. Published 1996.

ISO 14001, as with other ISO 14000 standards is voluntary with its main aim to assist companies in continually improving their environmental performance, while complying with any applicable legislation.


The core requirement of a continual improvement process (CIP) is different from the one known from quality management systems. CIP in ISO 14001 has three dimensions.(1) Expansion: More and more business areas get covered by the implemented EMS.(2) Enrichment: More and more activities, products, processes, emissions, resources get managed by the implemented EMS. (3) Upgrading: An improvement of the structural and organizational framework of the EMS, as well as an accumulation of know-how in dealing with business related environmental issues.


Overall, the CIP-concept expects the organization to gradually move away from merely operational environmental measures towards a strategic approach on how to deal with environmental challenges.

Improvements in overall environmental performance and compliance.

Provide a framework for using pollution prevention practices to meet EMS objectives.

Increased efficiency and potential cost savings when managing environmental obligations.

Promote predictability and consistency in managing environmental obligations.


4.1 General Requirements 4.4.3 Communication

4.2 Environmental Policy 4.4.4 Environmental management system documentation

4.3 Planning 4.4.5 Document control

4.3.1 Environmental aspects 4.4.6 Operational control

4.3.2 Legal and other requirements

4.4.7 Emergency preparedness and response

4.3.3 Objectives and targets 4.5 Checking and Corrective Action

4.3.4 Environmental management program

4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement

4.4 Implementation and Operation

4.5.2 Nonconformance and corrective and preventive action

4.4.1 Structure and responsibility

4.5.3 Records

4.4.2 Training, awareness and competence

4.5.4 Environmental management system audit


4.6 Management Review

A. Does the organization’s top management, at intervals it determines, review the environmental management system to ensure its continuing suitability and effectiveness?

C. Does the management review processensure that the necessary information is collected to allow management to carry out this evaluation?

B. Are the management reviews documented?

D. Does each management review address the possible need for changes to policy, objectives, and other elements of the environmental management systems , in thelight of:

(i) Environment management system audit results?

(ii) Changing circumstances?

(iii) xThe commitment to continualimprovement?

M = Major NonconformityN = Minor NonconformityO = ObservationC = Comment


ISO 14001 can be used in whole or in part to help an organization, for profit or not-for-profit, better manage its relationship with the environment.

If all the elements of ISO 14001 are incorporated into the management process, the organization may opt to prove that it has achieved full alignment or conformity with the international standard, ISO 14001, by using one of four recognized options.

These are: (1) make a self-determination and self-declaration, or(2)seek confirmation of its conformance by parties having an interest in the organization, such as customers, or


(3) seek confirmation of its self-declaration by a party external to the organization, (4) or seek certification/registration of its environmental management system by an external organization.

Organizations can significantly benefit from EMS implementation through the identification of large cleaner production projects (e.g. which can drastically cut electricity costs in manufacturing industries). ISO 14001 can be a very effective tool to identify these cost savings opportunities for some organizations.

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