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CoRPoRATE CULTURE
The "Certification Marathon" According to
ohsas 18001 and iso 9001
Not without the Employers' Liability
Insurance Association
In the title story in the previous NEA NEWS, we reported
that all the NEA GROUP companies wish to address the
certification of their work protection system according to
OHSAS 18001 through Det Norske
Veritas (DNV). The opportunity also arose to have the
work protection system examined by the competent
Employers' liability Insurance Association at the German
locations. Therefore, both production sites and NEAC
Compressor Service were registered directly for two
"work safety competitions". The idea behind this is a
detailed response regarding the NEA system's status
from different perspectives: on the one hand the comple-
teness and functionality of the work protection system
within the scope of the OHSAS 18001 standard should
be tested, also with regard to all legal regulations and on
the other hand the practical side of work safety, i.e.
improved health protection for all employees. All participating
companies passed the "fitness test" with flying
colors, first and foremost NEAC due to its experience
with the SCC standard for many years.
The woodworkers' and metalworkers' Employers' liability
Insurance Association has already issued the certificates
for the NEA production site and NEAC in Übach-
Palenberg. The certificates for Wurzen und Staßfurt are
being processed. These companies may then officially
use the quality seal "Systematic safety".
Matrix Certification:
All are Sitting in the Same Boat
This year, NEA Beijing will also be incorporated into the
matrix qualification for the quality system according to
ISO 9001. Before the first audit at the end of October,
the Chinese colleagues had a little "stage fright", however
this proved to be without reason.
The "certification marathon" continues. After the companies
NEA and NEAC in Italy and NEA South East Asia
in Thailand already introduced the OHSAS 18001 standard
in mid-October, the auditing hurdle according to ISO
9001 must be taken for NEA Gulf in Dubai in December,
and for the companies in Brazil according to ISO 9001
and OHSAS 18001, too. At the same time, quality
abroad and work safety grow together step-by-step in
the "Integrated Management System".
Here and there, a few small rectifications still need to be
made. The matrix certificate can only be issued after
these have been successfully implemented by all participating
companies. This means that the audited companies
should take a deep breath and continue as safety
and quality mean continuous improvement – not only
from an economical view.