Take your company beyond basic regulatory compliance and risk reduction. using the detailed guidance in this book, you can create an occupational health and safety management system that controls risks, minimizes hazards, improves your organization's short- and long-term performance, and lowers healthcare costs. This is an internationally recognized certification specification that provides a model for the development of a complete occupational health and safety management system. Patterned after the popular ISO 14001 environmental management system standard, it requires the systematic and form identification of workplace hazards, the assessment of risks associated with those hazards, and identification and implementation of controls to minimize those risks. CD-ROM included.