BS 8800 guidance

E465444

British Standard occupational health and safety management guideline

BS 8800 guidance is a British standard that provides a framework of best practices for managing occupational health and safety in organizations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
BS 8800 guidance canonical	1
BS 8800 occupational health and safety management guidance	1
BS 8800: Guide to occupational health and safety management systems	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4736186 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BS 8800 guidance
Context triple: [OHSAS 18001, basedOn, BS 8800 guidance]

A. BS 2589
BS 2589 is the catalog number for a specific release of the album "Discover America."
B. ISO Guide 73
ISO Guide 73 is an international standard that provides a consistent set of risk management terminology and definitions to support the implementation and understanding of risk management standards like ISO 31000.
C. ISO 2108
ISO 2108 is the international standard that defines the structure and use of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) system for identifying books and related publications.
D. ISO/IEC 27005
ISO/IEC 27005 is an international standard that provides guidelines for information security risk management within an organization’s overall information security management system.
E. ISO/IEC 27000 family
The ISO/IEC 27000 family is an international set of standards that provides best-practice frameworks and requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving information security management systems.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BS 8800 guidance
Target entity description: BS 8800 guidance is a British standard that provides a framework of best practices for managing occupational health and safety in organizations.

A. BS 2589
BS 2589 is the catalog number for a specific release of the album "Discover America."
B. ISO Guide 73
ISO Guide 73 is an international standard that provides a consistent set of risk management terminology and definitions to support the implementation and understanding of risk management standards like ISO 31000.
C. ISO 2108
ISO 2108 is the international standard that defines the structure and use of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) system for identifying books and related publications.
D. ISO/IEC 27005
ISO/IEC 27005 is an international standard that provides guidelines for information security risk management within an organization’s overall information security management system.
E. ISO/IEC 27000 family
The ISO/IEC 27000 family is an international set of standards that provides best-practice frameworks and requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving information security management systems.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Standard ⓘ occupational health and safety management guideline ⓘ
aimsTo	improve occupational health and safety performance ⓘ protect employees and other stakeholders ⓘ reduce workplace risks ⓘ
appliesTo	non-profit organizations ⓘ organizations of all sizes ⓘ private sector organizations ⓘ public sector organizations ⓘ
basedOn	plan-do-check-act cycle ⓘ
category	management system guidance ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
developedBy	British Standards Institution technical committees ⓘ linked to: British Standards Institution
encourages	compliance with relevant health and safety legislation ⓘ integration of OH&S into overall management systems ⓘ
focusesOn	continuous improvement in OH&S ⓘ systematic management of health and safety risks ⓘ
fullName	BS 8800: Guide to occupational health and safety management systems ⓘ linked to: BS 8800 guidance
includes	guidance on OH&S policy ⓘ guidance on checking and corrective action ⓘ guidance on implementation and operation of OH&S controls ⓘ guidance on management review ⓘ guidance on planning for hazard identification and risk assessment ⓘ
influenced	OHSAS 18001 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
provides	best practice guidance for OH&S management ⓘ framework for developing OH&S policies ⓘ framework for implementing OH&S procedures ⓘ framework for monitoring OH&S performance ⓘ framework for occupational health and safety management ⓘ framework for reviewing OH&S management systems ⓘ
publisher	British Standards Institution ⓘ
relatedTo	ISO 45001 ⓘ OHSAS 18001 ⓘ
sector	occupational health and safety ⓘ
status	superseded in practice by later OH&S management standards ⓘ
subject	health and safety management systems ⓘ occupational health and safety ⓘ
targetAudience	OH&S practitioners ⓘ employers ⓘ health and safety managers ⓘ
typeOfStandard	guidance standard ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OHSAS 18001 → basedOn → BS 8800 guidance ⓘ

BS 8800 → fullName → BS 8800: Guide to occupational health and safety management systems ⓘ

subject linked to: BS 8800 guidance

linked to: BS 8800 guidance

OHSAS Project Group → influencedBy → BS 8800 occupational health and safety management guidance ⓘ