A. Review Issues and Questions

1.	Publication date.	29 June 1993.
2.	Status: final, draft, other.	Final.
3.	Pending revisions.	Not known.
4.	Publishing Organization type.	Regional governing body.
5.	Type of OHSMS.	It is an environmental management system. It is voluntary.
6.	Is it used by regulatory agencies to achieve agency mandate?	Not known.
7.	Is it meant to be an auditable standard?	Yes.
8.	Is it used as an auditable standard?	Yes.
9.	Is it a management system?	Yes.
10.	Are there technical appendices?	Yes.
11.	Is there a companion audit guidance document?	Yes. Auditing and auditor accreditation requirements provided.
12.	Are there stated limitations of use?	No.

B. Review Comments

The Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) was developed by the Council of the European Communities to provide environmental management guidance to organisations within the European Community. The standard is voluntary and is used in third-party certification/registration audits. While not a OHSMS, the analysis of EMAS is included here because if is used by organisations as a template for the their OHS management efforts.

EMAS represents a strong management system. OHSMS variables that are not present in EMAS are employee participation, hazardous agents management, and medical program/surveillance.

 C. Outline

D. Analysis Checklist

	Management System Variable		Notes
1.0	Management Commitment and Resources	x	Management Representative required.
1.1	Reg. Compliance and OHSMS Conformance	x
1.2	Accountability, Responsibility, and Authority	x
2.0	Employee Participation
3.0	Occupational Health & Safety Policy	x
4.0	Goals and Objectives	x
5.0	Performance Measures	x
6.0	System Planning and Development	x
6.1	Baseline Eval. and Hazard/Risk Assessment	x
7.0	OHSMS Manual and Procedures	x	Procedures and documents required. Not a manual.
8.0	Training System	x
8.1	Technical Expertise and Personnel Qualifications	x
9.0	Hazard Control System	x
9.1	Process Design	x
9.2	Emergency Response	x
9.3	Hazardous Agent Management
10.0	Preventive and Corrective Action	x
11.0	Procurement and Contractor Selection	x
12.0	Communication System	x
12.1	Document and Record Management System	x
13.0	Evaluation System	x
13.1	Auditing and Self-Inspection	x
13.2	Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis	x
13.3	Medical Program and Surveillance
14.0	Continual Improvement	x
15.0	Integration	x	Not explicit. Can be inferred.
16.0	Management Review	x

IOHA Report to ILO on an International OHSMS - Appendix C [Title page]     [Table of Contents]     Chapters: I II III     Appendices: A B C D E F G

Updated by AS. Approved by EC. Last update: 30.11.2004.