ISO 45001:2018
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
A FIRST GLANCE AT ISO 45001
- OHSAS 18001 RELOADED!
SO 45001, the international standard replaces OHSAS 1800. The standard sets requirements for occupational health and safety management systems and will be published towards Q2 of 2018.
WHY THE WORLD NEEDS
ISO 45001
Every day across the globe, horrific statistics for health and safety incidents, accidents and their related costs are recorded. Although companies tend to use generic health and safety guidelines or national regulatory standards, none of these demonstrate global conformity. A recent OHSAS Standards and Certificates Survey has shown a rapid increase in the use of OHSAS 18001 and equivalent standards over the last decade. With over 127 countries currently using these standards, there’s a worldwide need to harmonize health and safety management systems using an international standard and share best practices.
PRO-ACTIVELY IMPROVING OH&S PERFORMANCE
IN PREVENTING INJURY AND ILL-HEALTH
ISO 45001, the international standard that will replace BS OHSAS 18001, and was published on the 12th of March 2018. The standard sets requirements for occupational health and safety management systems . In order to assist organizations that wish to be certified with the migration from BS OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001:2018
MAKING A GLOBAL DIFFERENCE
The need for an international standard in this field can be seen at local, national, regional and global levels – applying to both developing and developed countries. With an international standard to refer to together with the right infrastructure and training, these organizations will be able to address their risks better in future. More and more companies also want detailed information about their suppliers’ occupational health and safety practices to protect their brands. This motivates suppliers to implement better and internationally recognized systems to establish good health and safety practices. Third party certification helps to demonstrate that a business is meeting its requirements effectively whilst the process of achieving and maintaining certification helps ensure that it is continually improving across all areas of the organization.
ISO 45001 supports new areas of management systems to ensure better compatibility and systems governance, making the implementation within an organization a lot smoother. Once published, the standard will apply to any organization wishing to:
- Establish and implement an internationally recognized occupational health and safety management system to reduce or minimize risks to personnel and other relevant parties
- Maintain and constantly improve their health and safety performance
- Keep all operations in line with their stated health and safety policies to an internationally recognized standard.
DQS WILL BE CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING TO
PREPARE ORGANISATIONS FOR THE MIGRATION TO ISO 14001.
THIS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD WILL INCORPORATE THE PDCA CONCEPT IN TO A NEW FRAMEWORK, REFERRED TO AS THE "HIGH LEVEL STRUCTURE" (HLS)
Section 1: Scope
Section 2: Normative References
Section 3: Terms and Definitions
Section 4: Context of the Organization
Section 5: Leadership and worker participation
Section 6: Planning
Section 7: Support
Section 8: Operation
Section 9: Performance Evaluation
Section 10: Improvement