OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Benefits
OHSAS programs deliver Significant benefits, better awareness and control of workplace hazards and risks can reduce the number and severity of lost time incidents and injuries, improve employee health and safety and deliver other benefits, including:
- Improved compliance with legal and other requirements,
- Potential for fewer, less stringent regulatory inspections,
- Evidence of due diligence and corporate social responsibility,
- A framework for organizational risk management,
- Reduced workers’ compensation costs, insurance premiums and other healthcare costs,
- Reduced absenteeism, resulting in increased productivity,
- Improved employee satisfaction and retention.
- The concepts of ‘due diligence’ and ‘corporate social responsibility’ are increasingly discussed in corporate boardrooms today, and companies are recognizing that the effective implementation of a structured OHSMS can demonstrate good corporate citizenship while concurrently mitigating corporate and personal liability.