Health and safety are important aspects of an organization’s smooth and effective functioning. Good health and safety performance ensures an accident-free industrial environment.

Awareness of Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) has improved in India considerably. Organizations have started attaching the same importance to achieve high OH&S performance as they do to other key aspects of their business activities. This demands adoption of a structured approach for the identification of hazards, their evaluation and control of risks. BIS has formulated an Indian Standard   IS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems – Specification with Guidance for use on OH&S management systems considering this fact and a great demand from the industry for a comprehensive framework of OH&S.