LABOR HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OHSAS 18001

OHSAS 18001 LABOR HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
OHSAS 18001 is a management system applied to ensure labor health and safety in institutions and to preserve it by constant improvement.

One of the most important problems encountered in institutions is that employees doesn’t have a safe and sound working environment. For institutions to achieve better competitive conditions, they need to conduct planned and systematic efforts regarding labor health and safety of employees.

OHSAS can be applied to every enterprise that desires. via the labor health and safety management system, the health and safety of the employees and associated third persons in the work place are enhanced through total elimination or mitigation to an acceptable level (primarily at origin) of the risks due to activities implemented in the workplace. Thanks to OHSAS, it is ensured that hazards are pre-determined and measures are taken to allow employees in a safer and comfortable environment, minimizing losses of labor power and days of work to reduce direct and indirect costs arising from work accidents and occupational diseases. Thanks to the measures taken, not only undesired incidents in the work environment such as fire, explosion, machine breakdown etc. are prevented and enterprise safety is ensured, but also production costs are reduced. OHSAS management system will also bring an increase in customer satisfaction and extremely positive contributions in terms of the prestige of the firm. Therefore, the position of an enterprise among its competitors will no doubt rise under competitive market conditions thanks to timely and higher quality service with low costs.

Beyond that, the significance attached by the enterprise to labor health and safety thanks to OHSAS would constitute a proof of interest in the subject before legal authorities, and action in accordance with the labor health and safety legislation will be ensured to minimize legal problems and penal risks to arise.

Benefits of OHSAS 18001:
• It ensures compliance with national and/or international legislation.
• It reduces the number of work accidents and occupational diseases to increase profitability.
• It increases motivation and participation.
• It provides a sound and safe working environment to employees.
• It ensures preparation for emergency cases (earthquake, fire, flood etc.) and accidents, and reduction of accident etc. incidents.
• It ensures reduction in the production stops and material losses caused by accidents.