Introduction to these two voluntary management systems international frameworks.

1. Nestor B. Mejia, CHMM, REM, CAC, ASP
OHSAS 18001 and EMS ISO 14001
September 20th, 2012
EORM San Jose, CA

2. Safety Health Environment
 Systematic 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.

3. 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.

4. Occupation Health Safety Assessment
Specification « OHSAS »
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.

5. Occupation Health Safety Assessment
Specification « OHSAS »
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.

6. Occupation Health Safety Assessment
Specification « OHSAS »
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 1.16 Electrical Equipment
high temperature hot water systems
1.7 Working in the vicinity of sprinkler 1.17 Cranes, Hoists, Platforms etc.
systems
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 1.20 Welfare Facilities
materials

7. Occupation Health Safety Assessment
Specification « OHSAS »
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

8. Occupation Health Safety Assessment
Specification « OHSAS »
 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.

9. Occupation Health Safety Assessment
Specification « OHSAS »
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.

10. Environmental Management System
ISO 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.

11. Environmental Management System
ISO 14001 « EMS 14001 »
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.

12. Environmental Management System
ISO 14001 « EMS 14001 »
 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.

13. Environmental Management System
ISO 14001 « EMS 14001 »
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.

14. Environmental Management System
ISO 14001 « EMS 14001 »
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 4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement
program
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 4.5.4 Environmental management
competence system audit

15. Environmental Management System
ISO 14001 « EMS 14001 »
4.6 Management Review
A. Does the organization’s top C. Does the management review
management, at intervals it process
determines, review the ensure that the necessary
environmental management system information is collected to allow
to ensure its continuing suitability management to carry out this
and effectiveness? evaluation?
B. Are the management reviews D. Does each management review
documented? address the possible need for
changes to policy, objectives, and
other elements of the environmental
management systems , in the
light of:
(i) Environment management system (ii) Changing circumstances?
audit results?
(iii) xThe commitment to continual M = Major Nonconformity
improvement? N = Minor Nonconformity
O = Observation
C = Comment

16. Environmental Management System
ISO 14001 « EMS 14001 »
 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

17. Environmental Management System
ISO 14001 « EMS 14001 »
(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.

18. Safety Health Environment

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