BLAINVILLE, QC, April 27,
2024 /CNW/ - Toitures Hogue's commitment to providing
its employees with a structured, professional working environment
that guarantees complete safety in the workplace, both on the job
and on the job site, has just been awarded its renewed ISO 45001
certification, following a thorough audit. The certification
confirms Toitures Hogue's ability to fully control operational
risks, to constantly improve its performance in occupational health
and safety (OHS) management systems, and to gain universal
recognition and a clear competitive edge.
Developed by the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) in Geneva, Switzerland,
application of this standard is aimed at limiting work-related
incidents, accidents, injuries and health and safety problems. Its
primary objective is to enable organizations to manage their OHS
risks, for the benefit of employees, suppliers and customers
alike.
As company president Jocelyn
Hogue pointed out today, in addition to the health and
safety of its personnel, ISO 45001 enables Toitures Hogue to
simplify the integration of its occupational health and safety
management system into a more global management system that takes
into account the concepts of quality, safety and environmental
quality. Among other things, ISO 45001 places greater emphasis on
employee consultation and participation in managing change, and on
taking account of the risks associated with outsourcing activities.
With this in mind, Toitures Hogue has opted to step up the training
of its staff and new employees, who in turn are called upon to
attend practical training workshops at the company's training
center, where best health and safety practices and procedures, as
well as the main principles of quality control, are taught.
"These training programs are delivered by the company's
experienced trainers, who inevitably become mentors for younger
employees and recruits who are integrated into the company's
workforce at a later stage," explains President Jocelyn Hogue. He added that this protects the
company from the labour shortage observed in the industry, since
these programs have a major retention effect, building staff
loyalty and, by the same token, customer loyalty.
Clearly, in terms of overall benefits, ISO 45001 promotes the
implementation and awareness of fully integrated Q.S.E. (Quality,
Safety and Environment) approaches, while helping to reduce direct
and indirect costs, increase productivity and implement structured
global risk management.
The company's president went on to say that appropriation of the
ISO 45001 standard gives rise to an organizational resilience
matched by a resulting occupational health and safety management
system (OHSMS) that systematically makes room for commitment and
participation, planning, implementation, evaluation and management
review, including continuous improvement. "Our ambition is to raise
standards within our industry, and we intend to achieve this
through concrete actions such as obtaining ISO 45001
certification," concluded Mr. Hogue, asserting that ISO 45001 is
the ideal winning formula for 21st century companies.
SOURCE Toitures Hogue inc.