CHAPTER 15: CONTROL OF RECORDS (CLAUSE 4.5.4)

Summary of requirements

  • Establish a system for creation and maintenance of records, to demonstrate conformity to OH&S requirements stated in OHSAS 18001 and those determined by the organisation itself.
  • Create identification and traceability for OH&S records and store them in a manner that they are protected, as well as easily retrievable.
  • Define the retention period for OH&S records and retain them for the stated period.

How can these requirements be met by an organisation?

Records demonstrate and provide evidence of the results achieved, and the activities performed as a requirement of OHSAS 18001, or the planned arrangements defined in an organisation’s own OH&S management system. The process ...

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