45001 Benefits

As a business, you have a considerable responsibility toward your employees’ health. Our occupational health and safety certification helps you prevent accidents and minimize downtimes and liability risks.
Implementing an effective occupational health and safety management system reduces the risk of harm to your employees and other personnel and reduces overall liability.
The main drivers for organizations to implement an occupational health and safety management system and seek certification are:
•    Demonstration of responsibility towards employees, other workers and the public
•    An effective framework for regulatory compliance
•    Contractual obligations or expectations in a business-to-business relationship
•    Improved operational control and reduced occurrence of ill health and injuries
•    A competitive market advantage through enhanced image and increased stakeholder confidence
•    Improve efficiency and consequently reduce accident and production time loss
 Increase control and reduction of hazards through the setting of objectives, targets and evolved responsibility
•    Demonstrate your commitment to the protection of staff, property and plant
•    Increase your reputation for safety and occupational health
Reduce insurance premiums
•    Is an integral part of a sustainability strategy
•    Encourage more effective internal and external communication
Certification of your occupational health and safety management system by Oxford Cert Universal provides assurance to employees and the market of your effective management of occupational health and safety risks and legal compliance.
Oxford Cert Universal experience of occupational health and safety management and certification of management systems is extensive.
Occupational health and safety management system certification may be combined with certification to other management system standards, e.g. ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
More and more organisations are concerned about demonstrating their commitment to Occupational Health & Safety. This is crucial for employees, but also for customers and. In addition, stricter legislation demands that organisations show a clear, pro-active commitment towards health and safety. Clients and employees want proof of this up-front, in addition to being assured that an organisation will continue to meet their needs now and in the long term. This is a challenge but also an opportunity for organisations to reduce risk and provide a safer working environment.

The 45001certification enables you to demonstrate your commitment to occupational health and safety, as well as continuously improve your corporate image.

45001 certification can positively improve the efficiency of internal operations and consequently reduce accidents, danger and downtime. Employee safety and the quality of the working environment are actively improved because objectives and responsibilities are made clearer and all employees are prepared to effectively deal with any future hazards. 45001        ensures compliance with current legal requirements, reducing the risk of penalties or possible litigation.
Your45001 certification from Oxford enables you to demonstrate high levels of occupational health and safety when bidding for international contracts, expanding locally to accommodate new business, or negotiating insurance premiums.
Regular assessments performed by Oxford helps you to continually use, monitor and improve your Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems and related processes. This improves the reliability of your internal operations to meet customer requirements, as well as overall performance. You may also gain a significant improvement in staff motivation, commitment and understanding of their responsibility in helping ensure workplace safety.
The 45001 specification is applicable to any organisation that wishes to:
•    Establish an OH&S management system to eliminate or minimise risk to employees and other interested parties who may be exposed to activities with OH&S risks
•    Assure compliance with its own OH&S policy
•    Demonstrate such compliance to the stakeholders
•    Implement, maintain and continually improve an OH&S management system
•    Make a self-determination and declaration of compliance with this 45001 specification
•    Seek third party independent certification of its OH&S management system
An 45002 audit assists in a variety of business respects. It helps to minimise risk to employees and other interested parties; improve an existing OH&S management system; demonstrate diligence; gain assurance; among others.
The Occupational Health and Safety Management System supportsorganisations to create a culture of safety and maintain business sustainability. 
45001 certification from Oxford Cert Universal allows you to:
•    Increase employees’ safety awareness and motivation
•    Ensure that you fulfill statutory and official health and safety requirements
•    Prevent accidents
•    Reduce downtime and disruptions to production
•    Reduce insurance costs
•    Improve your reputation with clients, suppliers, authorities, and investors as a safe and reliable business
•    Internationally recognised and accepted standard
•    Easily assessed with existing management systems
•    Skilled auditors who are trained for various systems
•    Consistency in audit methodology
•    Duplication of similar elements of each standard is avoided
•    Reduce risks - it can contribute to a healthier working environment and help reduce accidents, employee illness and lost time.
•    Improved staff morale - it can help support improved staff morale and offers potential reductions in liability claims and lower insurance premiums.
•    Credibility - your organisation can benefit from increased credibility by having an OHS management system independently assessed.
•    Supplier of choice - it lets you work with companies where certification to 45001 is a contractual requirement.
•    Reduction in accidents by way of systematization of all activities relevant to occupational health and safety
•    Legal certainty due to adherence to all applicable statutory requirements
•    Improved employee identification and motivation due to management involvement in OH&S processes
•    Improved image and competitive ability by way of documented, sustained45001 performance

Using 45001:2016 as a framework to manage and reduce the risks associated with health and safety can lead to:
•    Reduction in the number of accidents
•    Less a enteism
•    Reduction in downtime and associated costs
•    Lower insurance premiums
•    Higher productivity
•    Improved business performance
•    Improved management of health and safety risks
•    Improved reputation
•    More engagement with top management
•    Improved compliance with legislation
•    Lower risk of prosecution and fines
•    Integration with existing management systems
•    More innovation
In a competitive marketplace, your customers are looking for more than just keen pricing from their suppliers. Companies need to demonstrate that their businesses are managed efficiently and responsibly and that they can provide a reliable service without excessive downtime caused by work-related accidents and incidents.

Certifying your 45001 management system enables your organization to prove that it conforms to the specification and provides the following benefits:
•    Demonstration of legal and regulatory compliance
•    Demonstration to stakeholders of your commitment to health and safety
•    Demonstration of an innovative and forward thinking approach
•    Increased access to new customers and business partners
•    Better management of health and safety risks, now and in the future
•    Improved reputation and brand image also providing competitive advantage
•    Assurance of continued compliance and avoidance of lapses into bad practices
•    Focus on continual improvement in occupational health and safety performance