Monday 16 February 2004 - News - Health and safety
Revised standard for health and safety management
The British Standards
Institution (BSI) is asking businesses and other organisations to
contribute to the revision of BS 8800: Guide to Occupational Health
and Safety (OH&S) Management Systems.
BSI said the changes reflected issues that have emerged in the occupational health and safety, both at a national and international level, since the publication of BS 8800:1996. The draft standard contains proposals for "significant changes" including development of the main clauses.
The annex now addresses OHSAS 18001, International Labour Organisation (ILO) OSH Guidelines 2001 as well as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. All the annexes have been revised with a substantial change to that on risk assessment and control and there are new annexes on implementing a positive culture and hazardous event investigation.
BSI said it hoped that the revised standard would help the Government and the insurance industry in its attempts to develop fairer risk-related employers liability insurance premiums.
Mike Low, director of British Standards at the BSI Group, said: "BS 8800 is being revised for a whole host of reasons, and it is hoped that the new version will help organisations manage this vital area of their business."
Johnny Thomson
BSI said the changes reflected issues that have emerged in the occupational health and safety, both at a national and international level, since the publication of BS 8800:1996. The draft standard contains proposals for "significant changes" including development of the main clauses.
The annex now addresses OHSAS 18001, International Labour Organisation (ILO) OSH Guidelines 2001 as well as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. All the annexes have been revised with a substantial change to that on risk assessment and control and there are new annexes on implementing a positive culture and hazardous event investigation.
BSI said it hoped that the revised standard would help the Government and the insurance industry in its attempts to develop fairer risk-related employers liability insurance premiums.
Mike Low, director of British Standards at the BSI Group, said: "BS 8800 is being revised for a whole host of reasons, and it is hoped that the new version will help organisations manage this vital area of their business."
Johnny Thomson
