Occupational Health,Safety

&Assessment Standards

OHSAS18001

Shaukat Hussain
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Copyright 1996-98 © Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc.
Welcome to OHSAS
18001
• Awareness and
Implementation Course.

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Development of “SHE”
Management Policy.

• Involves Staff and line functions.

• Control of all risks and potential
accidents that may result in harm and
damage.
• Accidents are preventable.

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Definitions of
SHE(Safety,Health and
Environment) Terms.
• Accidents
Undesired event giving
rise to death,ill health,
injury,damage or
other loss
(OHSAS 18001,3.1)
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Definitions of
SHE(Safety,Health and
Environment) Terms.

• Incident
– Event that gives rise to an
accident or had the potential to
lead to an accident.
– Note:An accident where no ill
health,injury,damage,or other loss
occurs is also referred to as “near
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No n-
Con fo rm anc e
• Any deviation from work
standards,practices,procedures,regulatio
ns,management system performance
etc.that could either directly or indirectly
lead to injury or illness,property
damage,damage to work place
environment,or a combination of these.
• (OHSAS 18001,3.8)
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Fra nk Bi rd ’s
Mo del
Lack of Basic Immediate
Incident Loss
Control Causes Causes

Personal Sub-
Contacts People
Inadequate Factors Standards
Acts With Property
Programs
Energy, Process
Standards Sub-
Job Substance, Envir-
Compliance Standards
Or People
Factors Conditions -nment
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Risk
• Combination of the
likelihood and
consequences of a
specified hazardous
event occurring.
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Goals of Risk Management

• Identification and evaluation of possible

outcome.
• Development of controls.
• Implementation of control and review
adequacy of control.

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SHE- Policy
• Defines top management commitment to key
safety ,health and environment issues.
• Provides direction for the system.
• Also provides auditor with the tools to assign
“ultimate accountability”.
• Clearly states overall health & safety objectives.
• States commitment to improving Safety,Health
& Environmet performance.
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Clause 4.2 of SHE-Policy

• Be documented,implemented and maintained.

• Be communicated to all employees with the
intent that employees are made aware of their
individual SHE obligations.
• Be available to interested parties.
• Be reviewed periodically to ensure that it
remain relevant and appropriate to the
organization.
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Areas of SHE Improvements.

• Management systems.
• Training and communication
• Products.
• Processes.
• Raw materials and brought-in goods.
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Management control of
Hazards
• SHE-Policy provides a systematic
structure for organizations to manage
hazards from the planning stage to
operational control stage,and down to
emergency response.
• Participation & understanding is required
from all relevant levels and functions of
management.
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Types of Hazard

• Physical
• Chemical
• Biological
• Ergonomics

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Physical Hazards

• Noise
• Vibration
• Radiation
• Temperature
• Pressure,Velocity,Height
• Electricity
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