Smithers Quality Assessments Receives Accreditation for Occupational Health and Safety Certification

AKRON, Ohio, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Smithers Quality Assessments (SQA), a Smithers Group company, has received accreditation from ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSAS) 18001, ANSI/AIHA Z10, and CSA Z1000.

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As employers strive for safer workplaces, SQA will work with them to ensure that its clients build and maintain occupational health and safety systems that will help manage risk, increase awareness and employee involvement, and positively impact their company's reputations in their respective industries.

"Health and Safety Management systems are at the forefront of concern for many of our customers," said Jeanette Preston, President of SQA. "As a responsible business partner, we must help our customers eliminate risks to all stakeholders in their respective organization and promote a safe, healthy, and productive workplace."

Dave Schlarb, Director of Quality at SQA client Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., commented: "Over the past two years, Momentive's Forest Products Division has lowered our injury and illness rate by over 60%, and we have a goal of reducing our rate by another 10% in 2013. We attribute this improvement to the sound and disciplined Safety Management Systems that we have put in place in order to meet the requirements of the OHSAS 18001 certification. Working with SQA as our registrar continues to help us identify opportunities to improve our Safety Management Systems and meet our improvement target."

ISO 18001, Z10 and CSA Z1000 can be integrated with both ISO 9001 quality management systems and 14001 environmental management systems to save audit time.

You can reach our SQA World Headquarters office as below:

Address: 425 West Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44303
Contact: Drew Markley
Telephone: 330-762-4231 ext. 1440
Mobile: 330-606-5714
Email
www.smithersregistrar.com

You can reach our SQA Suzhou, China office as below:

Address: Room 504A, Technology Venture Building, No. 8, Weizheng Road, Suzhou Industry Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China, Zip Code: 215122
Contact Person: Webster Zhang
Telephone: +86 512 6286 9519
Mobile Phone: +86 180 2028 9611
Email

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About Smithers Quality Assessments

Smithers Quality Assessments is an Akron, OH-based accredited quality and environmental management systems certification body founded in 1993 and serves small and large industrial, commercial, government and services businesses in North America and Europe.

Companies work with Smithers Quality Assessments when seeking certification to the following ISO standards:

ISO 9001:2008
ISO 14001:2004
OHSAS 18001:2007
ANSI/AIHA Z10
CSA Z1000
ISO/TS 16949:2009
AS 9100C
ISO 13485:2003
SN 9001
Please visit www.smithersregistrar.com.

About The Smithers Group:

Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, The Smithers Group includes Smithers Viscient, Smithers Pira, Smithers Rapra, Smithers Apex, Smithers Pharma Services, and Smithers Quality Assessments. Each Smithers Group company provides technology-based services focused on a defined market. As a group the diversity of market sectors and technologies provides stability and a platform for long-term growth. By integrating science, technology and business expertise, Smithers goal is to add value throughout the life cycle of our clients' products, by utilizing testing, consulting, information, and compliance services. All Smithers companies are known by their clients as Trusted Providers of Innovative Solutions. For more information, visit www.smithers.com.

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Drew Markley
Email
+1 (330) 762-4231

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