ENFIELD, Conn., May 14, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- STR-Registrar, LLC, an STR Group company, recently became the first ANAB Accredited Certification Body in North America to be awarded ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) Accreditation. This accreditation enables STR-Registrar, LLC to offer accredited certification and registration services to organizations that want to implement the voluntary ANSI Z10 standard in their workplace. Implementation of the ANSI Z10 standard can help businesses minimize workplace risks, mitigate hazards, and reduce the occurrence and cost of occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities on the job.
According to the American Society of Safety Engineers, businesses spend $171 billion a year on costs associated with occupational injuries and illnesses. These expenditures, which can comprise as much as 5 percent of a company's total costs, come straight out of company profits. However, businesses that establish safety and health management systems can reduce their injury and illness costs by 20 to 40 percent.
The ANSI Z10 standard provides organizations with an effective tool for continual management and improvement of their occupational health and safety performance. With a focus on effective employee protection and the identification of risks and hazards, ANSI Z10 addresses the following elements of a company's management system structure: management leadership, active employee participation, analysis of the worksite to identify serious safety and health hazards of all types, training, evaluation, risk controls, audits, incident/accident investigations, corrective actions, and management review.
STR-Registrar, LLC recently awarded the first ANAB Accredited ANSI Z10 certification in North America to Doncasters Trucast, an investment casting manufacturer based in Newberry, South Carolina. STR-Registrar, LLC is now working with Nucor Steel to certify one of their thin-slab sheet mills located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. A June 2008 certification is expected.
"Companies that choose to implement the ANSI Z10 standard are demonstrating a commitment to safety that goes beyond the requirements of OSHA," said Bryce Carson, Sr., President and CEO of STR-Registrar, LLC. "In addition to the direct benefits of improved employee health and safety, having a management system structure in place increases productivity, financial performance, and employee satisfaction."
STR-Registrar, LLC, a Specialized Technology Resources (STR) company, is an ANAB accredited provider of management system certification and registration services. In addition to the ANSI/AIHA Z10 Certification, STR-Registrar, LLC maintains accreditations in ISO 9001:2000, AS9100, and AS9120. STR-Registrar, LLC also provides non-ANAB accredited certification services to the British Standard, OHSAS 18001:2007 Standard. STR is a privately held, U.S.-owned company and is strategically located throughout the world in over 70 countries. The STR Group companies provide testing, audit, inspection, and responsible sourcing services and help ensure that clients have the highest level of confidence in the quality, environmental, health and safety, and social standards of their products and systems.