My organisation is nothing more than an office. What are the benefits of implementing an Occupational Health & Safety management system and achieving registration to OHSAS 18001?
A None whatsoever. This standard is very applicable to ‘high risk’ organisations such as heavy engineering and chemical plants but does not offer many benefits to ‘low risk’ organisations. At the end of the day every organisation has to comply with relevant H&S legal requirements such as risk assessments regardless of whether they have OHSAS 18001. The drawback for office-based organisations seeking registration is they will be obliged to have (for example) an incident investigation procedure and analyse accident book entries – neither of which are likely to add any real value to the business.
