James McLarty
10th April 2006, 11:35 PM
Greetings:
I just wanted to let everyone know that Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the Industrial Accident Preventation Association (IAPA) have finalized their OHSMS standard (CSA Z1000) as of last week (April 7, 06) and expect to have electronic and paper copies available in the next week or two??. It is smiliar to OSHAS 18001 with an increased emphasis on worker participation.
It was developed with equal representation from Business, Labour and Regulators from across Canada. Consistent with ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001, ANSI Z10 and ILO-OSH 2001, it was developed so organzations can "improve its OSH performance to prevent occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities by ...."
The document contains both the standard and a guidance section (Appendix A) on how OHS can be implemented within an organzation.
It should make for an interesting few years as organizations try to determine which OSH standard is of greater value.
I just wanted to let everyone know that Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the Industrial Accident Preventation Association (IAPA) have finalized their OHSMS standard (CSA Z1000) as of last week (April 7, 06) and expect to have electronic and paper copies available in the next week or two??. It is smiliar to OSHAS 18001 with an increased emphasis on worker participation.
It was developed with equal representation from Business, Labour and Regulators from across Canada. Consistent with ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001, ANSI Z10 and ILO-OSH 2001, it was developed so organzations can "improve its OSH performance to prevent occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities by ...."
The document contains both the standard and a guidance section (Appendix A) on how OHS can be implemented within an organzation.
It should make for an interesting few years as organizations try to determine which OSH standard is of greater value.
