ISO18001

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Many organizations are implementing an Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) as part of their risk management strategy to address changing legislation and protect their workforce. An OHSMS promotes a safe and healthy working environment by providing a framework that allows your organization to consistently identify and control its health and safety risks, reduce the potential for accidents, aid legislative compliance and improve overall performance.

OHSAS 18001 is the internationally recognized assessment specification for occupational health and safety management systems. It was developed by a selection of leading trade bodies, international standards and certification bodies to address a gap where no third-party certifiable international standard exists. OHSAS 18001 has been designed to be compatible with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, to help your organization meet their health and safety obligations in an efficient manner.

PHS Compliance (formerly CLM Compliance) achieved ISO 18001 in February 2009 along with ISO 14001 and UKAS accreditation. This particular standard is critical to CLM because as a compliance organisation we are responsible for advising our clients on matters of Health and Safety and their own compliance issues. By achieving ISO 18001 we are demonstrating to our clients that we too take these matters very seriously internally and have taken steps to have visible assurances in place. Aside from achieving ISO 18001 to demonstrate our commitment to Health and safety, this standard also aids our business in the tender and bid process by demonstrating to clients that we have stringent measures in place to deal with H&S matters and that we are continually assessed against these measures.