Effective Occupational Safety and Health Management System: Integration of OHSAS 18001, ILO-OSH 2001, and OR-OSHA

The Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) specification OHSAS 18001, have been developed as recognizable occupational health and safety management system standard against which management systems can be assessed and certified. OHSAS 18001 is compatible with the ISO 9001 (Quality) and ISO 14001 (Environmental) management systems standards, which facilitates the integration of quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management systems by organizations. This publication presents a study that compared between the specifications of three standards/guidelines for the management of occupational health and safety; OHSAS 18001, the International Labour Organization (ILO) guidelines, and Oregon state OSHA guidelines. The three standards had high consistency, agreement on generalities, and little differences in regards to some details, however OR-OSHA included more details to guarantee the effectiveness and practicality of the safety management system. It was concluded that integration of the requirements of OHSAS, ILO, and OR-OSHA will lead to a comprehensive, practical, clear and easy to implement safety management system. This approach was adopted by the Nuqul Group (one of the Middle East's leading industrial groups), and hereunder presented.