http://coss.net/Docs/cosm/StrategicPlanningandProgEval/OSHAS18001NQA-HandSGuide.pdf, 2009 (Backup):

In a climate of increasing health and safety legislation and liabilities, organizations of all sizes and industry sectors are now looking at management systems as a framework for improving their health and safety performance.
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Following the success of ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Systems) and ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems), and in response to a demand for a recognisable OHS Management System ‘standard’ against which organizations could be assessed and certificated, OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) 18001:1999 and the accompanying guide OHSAS 18002:2000 were published.

Reviewed and revised in 2007, BS OHSAS 18001 is now fully compatible with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 in order to facilitate the integration of quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management systems by organizations, should they wish to
do so. …

Content:

OHSAS 18001
Guide to implementing a Health & Safety Management System

A Introduction 4
A1 Benefits of BS OHSAS 18001 5
A2 BS OHSAS 18001 and correspondence with other management syandards 6
A3 Similarities between the three major management system standards 7
A4 How to use this guide 9

B Terms & Definitions 10

C Principles of BS OHSAS 18001 12
C1 “A Journey of Continuous Health & Safety Improvement” 12

D OH&S Management System elements 15
D1 4.1 General requirements 16
D2 4.2 OH&S Policy 16

E What the law requires 18
E1 Hints for implementation 20
E2 Developing a H&S Policy Statement 21

F Planning 26
F1 Planning for hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control 26
F2 What the law requires 27
F3 Interpretation – how to assess the risks in your workplace 29
F4 Interpretation – risk assessment methodologies 31
F5 Identifying hazards and assessing risks 34
F6 Legal and other requirements 36
F7 Objective programme(s) 38
F8 Management programme(s) 40
F9 Example OH&S management programme 41

G Implementation and operation 43
G1 Structure and responsibility 43
G2 Competence, training and awareness 46
G3 Communication, participation and consultation 49
G4 Documentation 51
G5 Control of documents 52
G6 Operational control 54
G7 Emergency preparedness and response 56

H Checking and corrective action 59
H1 Performance measurement and monitoring 59
H2 Evaluation of compliance 62
H3 Incident investigation, nonconformity, corrective action and preventative action 63
H4 Records and record management 66
H5 Audit 67
H6 Management review 70

I Helpful sources of information 72

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Dieser Leitfaden gibt OHSAS 18001:2007 größtenteils wieder und lehnt sich dabei an OHSAS 18002:2008 an.