Organizations that attach importance to worker health and work safety do not hesitate to comply with the official regulations of the laws and regulations on this matter, even if the organization is large or small, even if the situations that may be dangerous in terms of their activities are limited or not. In addition, the establishment of OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System, which includes these regulations, and obtaining a certificate is a part of these companies' sense of responsibility. Organizations wishing to have the Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certificate will have established the Occupational Health and Safety Management System first in their enterprises. Thanks to this system, hazard analyzes have been completed, risk assessments have been made, risks have been eliminated, precautions have been taken for the risks that cannot be removed completely, employees have been provided with necessary training, emergency plans have been made, performance measurements have been started and the system has become sustainable.
Then there is only one job left, which is to apply to a certification body and request a certificate. The certification body conducts a preliminary assessment on the information and documents submitted with the application. If a deficiency is detected in this study, the organization is notified and requested to complete the deficiency. If there is no deficiency, audit works will be started at the organization requesting documents. The auditors affiliated with the certification body conduct examinations on the activities of the organization and the compliance of the established system with the organization. In particular, it observes the implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System. Application errors that are detected during the inspection works, if they are of the type to be corrected in a short time, provide them to be corrected. At the end of the audit, he prepares an annotated report and submits it to the certification body. The certification body decides whether to issue the Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certificate according to the results of this report. If the organization requesting the certificate is convinced that the standards required by the system are fully established and operated, the certificate is issued and delivered.
OHSAS 18001 You can get detailed information from TÜRCERT about the certification process.
