ALS Environmental are pleased to announce that following a recent audit at our Coventry laboratory we have retained our Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001 certification. BS OHSAS 18001 is a British Standard for occupational Health and Safety (H&S) management systems and is recognised as being the basis for proactively managing and resolving H&S issues.

The Coventry ALS Laboratory has held OHSAS 18001 certification for over 6 years and our retention of this certification demonstrates our commitment to Health and Safety. The current version of the standard is OHSAS 18001:2007.

The OHSAS 18001 standard specifies a number of key criteria for an organisation to demonstrate and includes:

• Planning for hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control
• Structure and responsibility
• Training, awareness and competence
• Consultation and communication
• Operational control
• Emergency preparedness and response
• Performance measuring, monitoring and improvement

Coventry Operations and Group Support Manager at ALS Environmental, Grace Coiley states:

The retention of OHSAS 18001:2007 certification demonstrates our business aim of maintaining our high standards of Health and Safety while retaining our certification. The retention of this certification is testament to the hard work undertaken by all of our staff at all levels, from sample reception and bottle dispatch to our administration and laboratory staff.

ALS Environmental are a global analytical service provider with UK analytical laboratories in Chester, Coventry and Wakefield, all of which are UKAS ISO 17025:2005 accredited and ISO 14001 / BS OHSAS 18001 certificated.

For any further information regarding our health and safety systems please contact us or call 024 76 421213.