WEATHERITE ACHIEVES ISO 45001 INTERNATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARD

Weatherite Air Conditioning Ltd (WACL) has been awarded the Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management System ISO 45001 Standard – the new international standards designed to provide a framework for organisations to manage risks and help prevent work-related injury and ill health.

ISO 45001 is intended to help all organisations, regardless of size or industry, designing systems to proactively prevent injury and ill health.

WACL gained the approval to hold the standard following a ‘first compliance visit’ which recorded no non-conformance issues.

 “Achieving ISO 45001, with flying colours, is a reflection of Weatherite’s total commitment to employee welfare” explained Massoud Kordbacheh, Group Services Director.

“We are a family run business, with over 47 years’ experience and we have built that success based on looking after our staff and our customers. The fact that this new ISO standard provides a framework to increase safety, reduce workplace risks and enhance health and well-being reflects our total commitment to staff welfare.

It’s a simple philosophy that a healthy and happy workforce improves morale and helps us deliver a better service to our customers”.

WACL already has ISO 9001and ISO 14001 accreditations and this award further supports the organisations total commitment to health, safety and wellbeing.

Weatherite Air Conditioning Ltd is part of the £40M turnover Weatherite Group, one of the UK’s leading HVAC, Architectural Aluminium and BMS Control Systems Groups.