ISO 45001:2018 STANDARD
Introduction
ISO 45001:2018 is a new international standard that provides a framework, regardless of size, activity, and geographical location, to manage and continuously improve Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) within the organization. The risk-based approach standard introduces the common ‘Annex SL’ structure, which provides compatibility with other ISO standards including ISO 9001 Quality, ISO 14001 Environment, and ISO 27001 Information Security management systems.
By adopting a systematic approach including worker participation, the organization can integrate OH&S within its business processes which will contribute to the prevention of accidents and long and short-term ill health effects. The standard provides a platform to develop a positive safety culture leading to worker wellbeing.
Once the policy framework has been put in place, along with processes to facilitate the organization’s commitment, the standard then asks the organization to audit, review and improve the system including assessment of compliance obligations. This approach provides the organization with both assurance and business continuity. Standard requirements can significantly help the organization improve internally; by embedding a culture of challenge and continual improvement.
Benefits Of Implementation
- Adoption of the high-level structure of ‘Annex SL’ enables organizations to integrate ISO 45001 with existing ISO 9001 Quality and ISO14001 Environmental management systems. This approach has reduced the complexity of multiple clause requirements across different standards applications, saving time and resources.
- The standard provides a systematic approach for senior leadership to assess OH&S risk and opportunities, monitor and review safety performance, and set objectives for continual improvement within the ‘context’ of organizational activities. This may include, for example, worker health promotion campaigns or the monitoring of the OH&S effects of products and services provided.
- Implementation is a demonstration and commitment from senior leadership to internal and external stakeholders (interested parties) of the intent to protect workers from accidents including short- and long-term ill health effects. Of course, this may in turn reduce downtime, lead to reduction or prevention of worker loss time hours and potential prosecution.
- This commitment also provides assurances to the Board of Directors, Trustees, or owners that management controls regarding OH&S risks inherent within the organization.
- The standard promotes worker participation when identifying hazards, eliminating or reducing risk by the implementation of controls integrated with other business processes. This approach can improve safety culture, minimize risk and embed best practices resulting in increased productivity.
- In addition to internal process controls, the standard has provided requirements to assess procurement of products and services which may have influences on OH&S. For example, risk-based structured management of contractors. Such a process can in turn provide controls to reduce both OH&S risks, promote positive safety culture and protect the business.
- The standard provides a structure to monitor and review compliance obligations to ensure the organization is legally compliant including products and services. An organization needs to understand what it is to achieve, why it needs to achieve, and if it has been achieved – this should be demonstrated within the system.
- Both internal and external audit programs provide scrutiny and effectiveness of the OH&S management system including processes. The program promotes communication and participation of workers with the identification of gaps leading to continuous improvement.
- With an emphasis on workers taking an active role in OH&S matters, this can have positive benefits on an organization’s reputation as a safe place to work leading to staff retention, motivation, and greater productivity.
- Implementation is also recognized for having achieved an international standard benchmark which may have a positive influence on existing and potential customers in fulfilling their social responsibility commitments.
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ISO 45001-2018 certification.
- Gap Analysis
- Awareness Training
- Hazard analysis and risk analysis
- Documentation Design and finalization
- Implementation
- Internal Auditor Training and conduct of internal audit
- Management Review Meeting
- Review of Implementation
- Pre-assessment audit
- Stage 1 – certification audit
- Stage 2 – certification audit
- Award of OHSAS 9001 certification
- Continual improvement of the system through value added consulting and training services
The following table gives you an overview of the ISO 45001 structure
| ISO 45001 | |
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Clause |
Content |
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Foreword Introduction |
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0.1 |
Background |
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0.2 |
Aim of an OH&S management system |
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0.3 |
Success factors |
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0.4 |
Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle |
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0.5 |
Contents of this document |
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1 |
Scope |
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2 |
Normative References |
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3 |
Terms & Definition |
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4 |
Context of the organization |
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4.1 |
Determine external and internal issues |
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4.2 |
Interested parties |
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4.3 |
Determining the scope of the OH&SMS |
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4.4 |
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5 |
Leadership and worker participation |
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5.1 |
Leadership and commitment |
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5.2 |
OH&S Policy |
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5.3 |
Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities |
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5.4 |
Consultation & participation of workers |
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6 |
Planning |
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6.1 |
Actions to address risks and opportunities |
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6.1.1 |
General |
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6.1.2 |
Hazard identification and assessment of risks and opportunities |
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6.1.2.1 |
Hazard identification |
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6.1.2.2 |
Assessment of OH&S risks and other risks to the OH&S management system |
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6.1.2.3 |
Assessment of OH&S opportunities and other opportunities for the OH&S management syste |
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6.1.3 |
Planning action |
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6.1.4 |
Planning to take action |
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6.2 |
OH&S objectives and planning to achieve them |
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6.2.1 |
OH&S objectives |
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6.2.2 |
Planning to achieve OH&S objectives |
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7 |
Support |
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7.1 |
Resources |
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7.2 |
Competence |
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7.3 |
Awareness |
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7.4 |
Communication |
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7.5 |
Documented information |
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7.5.1 |
General |
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7.5.2 |
Creating and updating |
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7.5.3 |
Control of documented information |
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8 |
Operation |
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8.1 |
Operation |
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8.1.1 |
General |
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8.2 |
Emergency preparedness and response |
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9 |
Performance evaluation |
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9.1 |
Monitoring, measurement, analysis and performance evaluation |
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9.1.1 |
General |
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9.1.2 |
Evaluation of compliance |
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9.2 |
Internal audit |
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9.2.1 |
General |
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9.2.2 |
Internal audit programme |
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9.3 |
Management review |
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10 |
Improvement |
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10.1 |
General |
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10.2 |
Incident, non-conformity and corrective action |
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10.3 |
Continual improvement |