A case study ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 applications for an industrial plant produced composite samples

ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards are very important for both companies and employees. Both ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 are indispensible for organizations and employees as they bring many advantages with them. The companies become more prestigious as they implement these two world wide known standards. On the other hand, employees work in a healthy and safe environment and they are protected against any sudden and unfortunate occupational accident. Details of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 are shown and analyzed. We examined these two important bodies of standards to show the importance of environment, safety and health in companies.There are many examples from different countries in the thesis. The purpose of this is to provide adequate information about the applicability of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. In these examples, it is clearly seen that every company which implement these standards see the benefits in terms of lowering occupational accidents and occupational illnesses, and increasing company?s prestige, etc.Keywords: ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, cleaner production, health and safety, management, environment, risk assessment, documentation, materials, methods, manufacturing, waste, measurement.