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ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems: Information Guide
ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems: Information Guide
ISO 45001, Occupational health and safety management systems takes into account other
international standards in this area, such as OHSAS 18001. The standard 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
processes.
The draft international standard (DIS) of ISO 45001:2016 was published on February 12, 2016 and the
ballot period ended May 12. With a final tally of 71 percent in favor to 29 percent against, the DIS
ballot results fell short of the required votes, as no more than a quarter of the votes can be “against”
for the standard to move on to the next stage of approval. As a result, the development of ISO 45001
will now progress to a second DIS, beginning in January 2017 and pushing back the estimated
publication date to December 2017.
During the ISO/PC283 Project Committee meeting June 6-10 2016 in Toronto, Canada, the 3,000+
comments raised during the initial ballot period were discussed. The Project Committee meeting in
October 2016 will review the remaining comments and finalize the second DIS, which will then be
balloted again.
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 harm. 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 accidents.
ISO 45001 enables an organization, through its OH&S management system, to integrate other aspects
of health and safety, such as worker wellness/wellbeing. 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.
Why an ISO Standard?
10. Improvement
Annex A: Guidance on use of this International Standard
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Alphabetical Index of Terms
Understand & determine scope and issues (positive & negative) that can affect how
organization manages OH&S management system
Determine risk & opportunities
Developing or enhancing OH&S Policy & set objectives
High Level Understanding needs & expectations of workers & other interested parties (and
differences for managerial & non-managerial workers)
Issues include: conditions, characteristics or changing circumstances that can affect OH&S.
Internal/external issues can result in risks/opportunities
Note – Needs & expectations from interested parties only become obligatory requirements for an
organization if organization chooses to adopt them.
Taking overall responsibility & accountability for protection of workers’ work-related health &
safety
Ensuring OH&S policy & objectives established
OH&S compatible with organizations strategic direction
Integrating OH&S into organizational business process
Allocating necessary resources OH&S (establish, implement, maintain & improve)
Ensure Active participation of workers & workers’ representatives (consultation & removing
obstacles)
Internal/External Communications supporting OH&S
Ensuring OH&S management systems achieve intended outcome(s)
Directing & supporting persons to contribute to effectiveness of OH&S
Ensuring Continual Improvement of OH&S
Supporting relevant management roles to demonstrate their leadership as it applies to their
areas of responsibility
Developing, leading and promoting a culture in organization that supports OH&S
management system
Emerging Key Changes
Sources: hazardous substances, radiation, temperature, pressure, dust, noise & vibration
Situations: working at heights, working in confined space, working alone, worker fatigue,
aggressive behavior or harassment, workload and task control
Hazards can be categorized in many ways, including: physical, chemical, biological
psychosocial, physiological; or mechanical and electrical; or based on movement and
energy.
Organization shall establish, implement and maintain a process for on-going proactive
identification of hazards arising, taking into account, but not limited to:
When planning how to achieve OH&S objectives, the organization shall determine:
Provide safe & healthy working conditions for the prevention of work-related injury & ill
health;
Satisfy applicable legal requirements & other requirements
Control OH&S risks using the hierarchy of controls (see 8.12)
Continual Improvement of OH&S management system to enhance OH&S performance
Participation
Key Change 9: Documented Information (Clause 7.5)
Organization will need to maintain & retain documentation information of OH&S objectives &
plans to achieve them, keeping complexity to minimum
Should not have effect of preventing workers obtaining full & complete picture of hazards/risks of
their work.
Organization shall ensure that outsourced processes affecting OH&S management system are
controlled.
Procurement:
Establish controls to ensure that the procurement of goods (for example products, hazardous
materials or substances, raw materials, equipment) and services conform to its OH&S
management system requirements.
Prior to procuring goods & services, the organization should identify procurement controls that:
Identify & evaluate potential OH&S risks associated with products, materials, equipment,
service
Requirements for products, materials, equipment, services to conform to OH&S objectives
Need for information, participation & communications
Before using verify equipment, installations & materials are adequate before being released
for use by workers
Delivered to specifications & are tested to ensure works as intended
Usage requirements, precautions or other protective measures are communicated & made
available.
Organization shall establish a process & determine controls for achieving reduction in OH&S risks
using following hierarchy:
Begin Planning
• ISO 45001 is expected to be published as an international standard in early 2017
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