The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) as “a set of interrelated or interdependent elements designed to establish an OHS policy and OHS objectives and to achieve those objectives”.
Several reference systems – certification or guidelines – exist at the international level to support the implementation of an OHSMS within the company. They all have the same overall objective: to improve the company’s performance in terms of prevention of accidents at work and occupational diseases.
in some countries, occupational health and safety, prevention and regional bodies have developed reference systems, tools and support systems to help SMEs/VSEs design, structure and implement an OHS approach in a management system.
This EUROGIP note presents international reference systems and some national tools and reference systems.
