OHSAS 18001OHSAS 18001 is the internationally recognised standard used for an occupational health and safety (OHS) management system. LRQA is ideally placed to provide a range of assessment services to OHSAS 18001. And with the growing pressure for accountability in recent years, certification by LRQA is one very visible way of letting your stakeholders know you mean business when it comes to health and safety.
ISO 45001 publication timeline intact post-Vienna meetingsTuesday, 14 February, 2017ISO/PC 283/WG1, the Working Group responsible for developing the new ISO 45001 occupational health and safety standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), met in Vienna last week to go through the changes submitted to the DIS version of the proposed ISO 45001 standard.
LRQA Standards Update: ISO 45001 publication potentially extends into March 2018Tuesday, 22 November, 2016Following a week of meetings in June 2016, during which ISO 45001 - the new occupational health and safety standard being developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - moved to a second draft international standard (DIS2) stage, ISO/PC 283/WG1, the Working Group responsible for developing the new standard, met three weeks ago in Lithuania.
LRQA ISO Standards Update: ISO 45001 Positioning StatementWednesday, 6 April, 2016The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) has published draft requirements on the migration to ISO 45001 from OHSAS 18001. Although still to be confirmed by the OHSAS Project Group, the currently available information suggests that once ISO 45001 has been published, OHSAS 18001 will be withdrawn at the end of the agreed three year ‘migration period’.