Sigma is honored to achieve the OHSAS certificate of BSI

11/01/2018

On 11/01/2018, the good news came when Sigma family continues to receive the BSI certification for the implementation of Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Management System in accordance with the requirements of BS OHSAS 18001: 2007.

Previously, on 28 and 29/11/2017, with the aim of verifying the corrective actions for the NCs found in previous audit and verifying systems implementation & their effectiveness inconsistent with registered scope, Sigma has deployed a BSI standard reassesment plan in two on-going projects: MB Grand Tower and The Legend.
Sigma Engineering has applied OHSAS 18001: 2007 standard in installation, testing and commissioning, maintenance of electrical, mechanical, technical systems for industrial and civil projects since 2012. To date, the Sigma OHSAS system has entered the second cycle of certification (2018-2021). Since the adoption of the OHSAS, the management has been significantly improved.
In this evaluation, participants were the representatives of BSI, including Mr. Do Thanh Ha (Leader of BSI Team), Mr. Tran Dung Tien and Mr. Nguyen Xuan Truc, on Sigma side, there were representatives of company’s BOD – Mr. Nguyen Dac Tai with the heads of department at Sigma.

Opening meeting at the Head Office of Sigma

Attending the meeting were the representatives of BSI, BOD and heads of department of Sigma

The main content of the assessment includes the following:

Management process of the top management: management commitment, customer focus, safety policy, objectives
Review of change and follow up of previous visit of OHS
- OHS Manual
- Document, record control
- Roles, responsibility & authority
- Objective target, program
- Management review
- Internal audit
- Verify non-conforming from previous
For Administration, Health, Safety and Environment Section: Checking competency and training, health, emergency preparedness & response.
Site tour and onsite checking at MB Grand Tower and The Legend
- Document record, control
- Hazard identification and assessment
- Applicable legislation and others requirement & compliance evaluation
- Operation control procedure establishment
- Monitoring and measuring
- Emergency preparedness & response
- Incident investigation, corrective and preventive action

Evaluation meeting at MB Grand Tower project

At the end of the evaluation on 29 November, Mr. Do Thanh Ha gave a compliment to Sigma when overcoming the constraints of the previous review and he also pointed out some minor shortcomings in the current assessment.

Closing Meeting of the assessment

Facilitated and supported by the Board of Directors, HSE Department has been seriously make the great efforts to deploy the system. During nearly two months, the limitations were completely overcome. After the evaluation, Mr. Le Tung Lam implemented the “Sharing a safety culture in project management, preparing an emergency action plan” program, contributing to the improvement of the system and improve safety at the project.

Re-attested this time as "special gift" on the occasion of the new year for the unremitting efforts of Sigma staff in general and Safety Department in particular. Compared with other contractors operating in the field of M&E, Sigma is increasingly confident in occupational health, safety, and the environment thanks to the close attention from the Board of Directors.

Sigma is honored to achieve the OHSAS certificate of BSI

On 11/01/2018, the good news came when Sigma family continues to receive the BSI certification for the implementation of Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Management System in accordance with the requirements of BS OHSAS 18001: 2007.

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