OHSAS 18001 (soon to become ISO 45001) represents current thinking regarding Health and Safety Management Systems.
Of late, oil pollution, rail and air accidents have made the headlines raising concerns locally and internationally about health and safety.
Increased enforcement by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have raised the spectre of Directors, Managers or individuals being made personally responsible for breaches of health and safety.
The introduction of OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Standards in 1999 and subsequent revision in 2007 (and soon to become ISO 45001) offered industry and commerce the perfect way to demonstrate a commitment to both staff and customers to the importance of Health and Safety procedures in their business.