Participating Parties in Writing of OHSAS 18001
OHSAS 18001 has been developed with the assistance of the following co-operating organizations:
- National Standards Authority of Ireland
- South African Bureau of Standards
- British Standards Institution
- Bureau Veritas Quality International
- Det Norske Veritas
- Lloyds Register Quality Assurance
- National Quality Assurance
- SFS Certification
- SGS Yarsley International Certification Services
- Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación
- International Safety Management Organisation Ltd
- Standards and Industry Research Institute of Malaysia-Quality Assurance Services
- International Certification Services
Documents referenced during the development of this OHSAS specification:
- BS 8800:1996 Guide to occupational health and safety management systems
- Technical Report NPR 5001: 1997 Guide to an occupational health and safety management system
- SGS & ISMOL ISA 2000:1997 Requirements for Safety and Health Management Systems
- BVQI SafetyCert: Occupational Safety and Health Management Standard
- DNV Standard for Certification of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS):1997
- Draft NSAI SR 320 Recommendation for an Occupational Health and Safety (OH and S) Management System
- Draft AS/NZ 4801 Occupational health and safety management systems — Specification with guidance for use
- Draft BS I PAS 088 Occupational health and safety management systems
- UNE 81900 series of pre-standards on the Prevention of occupational risks
- Draft LRQA SMS 8800 Health & safety management systems assessment criteria
The RvA (Netherlands) is working towards developing an Accreditation Scheme for third-party certification of Occupational Health and Safety Systems. Similarly, the KAB (South Korea) is developing an Accreditation Scheme