OHSAS 18002

Introduction

OHSAS 18001 "Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements" was first published in 1999. During 2005 it was subjected to a "systematic review" to determine if it should be updated. A large majority of respondents indicated that it should be revised to be aligned to ISO 14001:2004. A revision programme was conducted during 2006/2007, resulting in a new edition of OHSAS 18001 being published in July 2007.
OHSAS 18002 "Occupational health and safety management systems – Guidelines for the implementation of OHSAS 18001" is explicitly linked to specific editions of OHSAS 18001, so now needs to be revised to be aligned to OHSAS 18001:2007.
A first "Working Draft" of OHSAS 18002 has been developed by the OHSAS Project Group and is now being circulated for public review. The objective of the review is to receive comment to aid us to improve the draft.
We would request that commentators submit their comments in the template (below) that is being circulated with the Working Draft, as this will greatly assist in the process of collating and sorting them.
Please note that OHSAS 18002 includes the text of OHSAS 18001 in outlined boxes in appropriate places throughout the standard; we are not looking for comment on that text, unless there have been transcription errors in coping it from OHSAS 18001.
We would be grateful for the return of comments prior to:

1st February 2008

The OHSAS Project Group will meet after that date to review submitted comments and to take the draft to the next stage of development; this may be a further draft for review, or a final draft for publication, depending on the nature of the comments that are received, and the issues they raise.
Please return any comments to the NSAI OHSAS Project Group Secretariat, via e-mail to: elizabeth.oferrall@nsai.ie

We thank you in anticipation for your participation.