Occupational Health & Safety is usually practiced to prevent injury and ill health of employees, and to comply with relevant legislation and standards. The benefits of improved Health & Safety performance of enterprises are generally accepted and can include cost reduction, improved image (esp. on the international market), and employee motivation.Additionally, in the modern society also the health promotion of employees in the workplace and a comfortable work environment are aimed for. Therefore, more and more enterprises prepare and implement their own policies and objectives for Occupational Health & Safety.
Management systems for Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S MS) have proved to be an effective tool to organize and focus a company's efforts for minimizing work-related hazards where technical improvements and legal surveillance find their limitations. Like other systematic approaches to management, they have contributed to improved business performance. The virtues of OH&S MS are also underlined and reflected by the development of the ILO "Guidelines on occupational safety and health management systems". Benefits
• Improved business performance as an overall result of:
• Better control of workplace related hazards and improvement of safety performance. Certified companies report fewer accidents, reduced loss time and fewer interruptions of production flow.
• Reduced likelihood of occupational disease and better working conditions. Training and consideration of employee needs create a stable, motivated and highly productive workforce, resulting in cost reduction
• Ensured legal compliance with minimum of administrative effort .
• Improved company image which boosts international competitiveness,
• Backed up by impartial and competent 3rd party audit with the possibility for a fully integrated management system of ISO 9001:2000 (for QMS); ISO 14001 (for EMS) and OHSAS 18001 (for OH&S)
• Possibly: reduced insurance rates and risk of liability / compensation.
• Operational cost savings through OH&S programs
• A reduced number of workplace accidents and injuries.
• Increased control of regulatory issues.
• Clear demonstration of legal and regulatory compliance to regulatory authorities,
• Customers and employees.
• Better management of health and safety risks on a planned and ongoing basis.
• Potential to reduce public liability insurance costs.
• Increased access to new customers and business partners through an improved.
• corporate image
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