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What is OHSAS 18001?

The Occupational Health and Safety Assessment System 18001 is an international occupational health and safety (OHS) management system specification. Loosely based on the ISO 14001:1996 Environmental Management System standard, OHSAS 18001 is designed to help companies efficiently meet their health and safety obligations, minimize risk to employees and demonstrate due diligence to outside stakeholders.

OHSAS 18001 consists of six sections:

  • General Requirements
  • OHS Policy
  • Planning
  • Implementation and Operation
  • Checking and Corrective Action
  • Management Review

OHSAS 18001 is one of a series of international standards relating to health and safety and is one of the specifications standards used for auditing. Companies successfully completing the registration process using OHSAS 18001 are considered "registered."

Like ISO 14001, an OHS audit is a conformance audit. During the audit, your registrar will seek objective evidence that you have a system in place for identifying and accessing regulatory and other requirements, which reflects your commitment to comply with them. UL's audit reports document areas of conformance and nonconformance against provisions in OHSAS 18001.

Why UL?

UL can help you implement your own OHS system either as a stand-alone program or as an adjunct service to either ISO 9000 or ISO 14001 registration.

We can be flexible to your unique approach to OHS through the use of:

  • OHSAS 18001
  • BS 8800
  • Your current OHS standard
  • Any other standard you wish to use

The audit process can identify opportunities for improvement in your management system. UL can grant certification to those systems in compliance with OHSAS 18001 and have regular continued assessments of their system. Additionally, we can issue letter reports for other standards based on your needs.

Contact us

UL's Customer Service professionals are available from 7:00 AM-6:00 PM across all North American time zones to answer any questions about UL's OHSAS 18001 program or any of our other Management Systems Solutions offerings. Call 1-877-ULHELPS (within the U.S.), and you will be connected with someone who will immediately assist you or take your information and have a specialist call you back.

For locations outside North America, you can contact your local UL office for assistance.

You can also e-mail our Customer Service directly at cec@us.ul.com or complete our online Contact MSS form.

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