Health and safety management 

A solid base

Health and safety management is a management tool which focuses on all the significant health and safety aspects. A workplace risk assessment typically provides the solid base from which a health and safety management system can be developed.

A good business

Often an organisation will profit financially from the implementation of a health and safety management system. Typically, such a system leads to:

• Increased market amongst organisations that make demands on the working environment
• Rational and safe work routines
• Fall in the number of incidents and accidents
• A good relationship with the authorities Improved employee well-being
• Increased opportunity to keep and attract employees
• Increased engagement from employees and management

Permanent improvements

In order to yield immediate improvements, there is a need to map the organisation's health and safety conditions and prioritize the implementation of improvement initiatives. COWI can help by analysing and assessing both health and safety conditions and improvement initiatives.

Certification

Some organisations attain certification of their management systems according to OHSAS 18001 or the Danish Statutory Order No. 923 (Guidelines for Acquisition of Health and Safety Certificate). Others choose their own model which matches their own particular needs. COWI has experience with both situations and can help define an appropriate health and safety management performance level based on the needs of the organisation.