ISO 45001 Overview
The occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, ISO 45001, is a new international standard that provides a framework for an organization to manage risks and opportunities to help prevent work-related injury and ill health to workers. The intended outcome is to improve and provide a safe and healthy workplace.
ISO 45001 is intended to help organizations, regardless of size or industry, in designing systems to proactively prevent injury and ill health. All of its requirements are designed to be integrated into an organization’s management and business processes.
Key Benefits of ISO 45001
ISO 45001 implements the Annex SL process and structure, making integration of multiple ISO management system standards easier, such as ISO 9001, Quality management systems and ISO 14001, Environmental management systems.
It uses a simple plan-do-check-act (PDCA) model, which provides a framework for organizations to plan what they need to put in place in order to minimize the risk of injury or illness. The measures should address concerns that can lead to long-term health issues and absence from work, as well as those that give rise to injuries.
ISO 45001 enables an organization, through its OH&S management system, to integrate other aspects of health and safety, such as worker wellness/well-being. The ISO 45001 standard calls for the organization's management and leadership to integrate responsibility for health and safety issues as part of the organization's overall plan rather than shift responsibility to, for example, a safety manager.
ISO 45001 enables an organization, through its OH&S management system, to integrate other aspects of health and safety, such as worker wellness/well-being. The ISO 45001 standard calls for the organization's management and leadership to integrate responsibility for health and safety issues as part of the organization's overall plan rather than shift responsibility to, for example, a safety manager.
Key Changes From OHSAS 18001
