OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Abstract

Management systems are powerful tool for helping an organization fulfill its goals. This paper deals with occupational health and safety management systems, which are among the most common systems. Choosing the right management system can often be very difficult. The reason for this is the fact that there is a variety of occupational health and safety management systems. ISO standard for OHS management systems should make this decision easier. Comparing the elements of OHS management systems’ structures indicate that there is a great similarity between these systems. Key words: occupational health and safety, management systems, standard