What is an OHS management system?
Sometimes abbreviated to just OHSMS, it is a system for managing occupational health & safety.
An OHSMS is most often a formal documented system that includes the following elements:
- A safety policy
- A programme for training and ensuring competency
- A framework for involving employees in the management of OHS
- The collection, analysis and reporting of safety performance data
- The identification of hazards in the workplace
- The assessment of the risk they pose to people
- The elimination or control of those risks
- The evaluation of the effectiveness of the control measures
- Arrangements for emergency preparations and response
- Systems for monitoring the effectiveness of OHS arrangements
- Systems for monitoring the health of workers
- Systems for the reporting and investigation of accidents / incident
- Controls over documents and records
- A programme of internal audits and management review to wnsure that the system continues to meet
objectives and requirements
An OHSMS should address the legislation and standards applicable in the organization's
legal jurisdiction. Many jurisdictions specify the actual method of consultation,
training, incident reporting, emergency responses, health surveillance, health
monitoring and risk management.
Introducing the standards
Organisations seeking external verification for their system will need to meet a standard -
such as AS/NZS 4801:2001 or OHSAS 18001.
This standard is a specification and guidance for use of an OHSMS, and provides a widely accepted model. It is widely used as the foundation
of a management system designed to address various health and safety, and other compliance requirements.
What is Safety Manager?
In a single sentence, Safety Manager is a comprehensive toolkit for developing an
OHS management system based on the requirements of AS/NZS 4801:2001 and OHSAS 18001.
Safety Manager is not a completed OHS management system - ready for you to insert your name
in the right spots. We do not believe that such an approach is useful, but believe that
Safety Manager offers something much greater...
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An introduction to the subject of OHS management systems
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A commentary on the requirements of the standards
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Case studies that illustrate possible methods to comply with those requirements
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Tools to help you plan the development of your own system - based on the standard
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A large quantity of sample documents such as policies, procedures, forms and letters.
Just use your familiar word processor to customise those selected for your organisation
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Alternative MS Excel workbooks for planning and recording tasks
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Alternative MS PowerPoint presentations for employee training
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A powerful database for performing risk assessments - one of the key activities
in OHS management
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Product information and Trial versions of other useful software
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We are sure you will agree
that Safety Manager offers excellent value, a great deal of help for your OHS management system.
It doesn't even end with what is supplied in the box. Through the
web links feature, you can gain access to various organisations that provide
OHS-related information, products and services!
More information on some of the key components listed above can be accessed from the links
on the main screen.
Minimum System Requirements
* Screen Resolution of 800 by 600 pixels minimum
* Windows 98 or above
* Pentium class Processor
* 64 MB RAM
* 100 Mb+ free disk space
* Browser - MS Internet Explorer 4 or above or equivalent
* MS Word, or other application capable of running MS Word files
* Some tools require other MS Office components such as Excel & PowerPoint (However,
these are not essential for basic system development)
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