ISO 45001 – the way forward

ISO 45001
The way forward

Occupational health and safety

management systems standard –
Requirements with guidance for use
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Outline

- Why is a new standard needed?

- International standards and ISO 45001
- ISO 45001 vs OHSAS 18001
- Making it happen
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Global toll

- 2.78 million people killed by work accidents and disease

- 7,600 deaths per day (~ one every 12 seconds)
- 374 million non-fatal work accidents
- 2.4 million people killed by occupational disease
- ~ 4% of world GDP = work accidents and diseases
Source: ILO 2017
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Benefits of safety and health management

- Humanitarian (less work-related injury, illness and death)

- Business:
- productivity and profitability
- customer and worker loyalty
- reputation, resilience and results
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Why is a new standard needed?

- Global toll of safety and health failures

- OHSAS 18001 – well used, but not an agreed
international standard
- Alignment with other management standards
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Standardising the standards

- ‘Annex SL’ to develop/revise standards

- Same high-level structure (clause titles/sequence)
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ISO 45001 clauses
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Context of the organisation
5 Leadership [and worker participation]
6 Planning
7 Support
8 Operation
9 Performance evaluation
10 Improvement
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Standardising the standards

- ‘Annex SL’ to develop/revise standards

- Same high-level structure (clause titles/sequence)
- Identical core text (+ topic variations)
- Commons terms and definitions

- Aims to:
- reduce confusion/inconsistency
- enable integration of multiple certifications
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ISO 45001 progress
12 March 2018

Publication

Approval
Enquiry
Committee
Preparatory

Proposal

2013
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Aims to help organisations

- Minimise H&S risks

- Integrate H&S into overall business processes
- Provide platform for continual improvement
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System diagram
Scope of OHSMS

Internal
and external 7 Support
issues 8 Operation

Plan Do

4
5 Intended
Context 9
of the
6 Leadership
Performance
outcomes
Planning and worker
organisation
participation evaluation of the
OHSMS

Needs and
expectations Act Check
10
of interested
Improvement
parties

Source: based on ISO 45001 Fig. 1

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ISO 45001 vs OHSAS 18001

- Context - More on
- Leadership -
-
worker participation
- Documented information
-
continual improvement
hierarchy of control
- risk and opportunities
- compliance status
- supply chain
- KPIs
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Making it happen

- Arrived 12 March 2018

- Overwhelming support for publishing
- OHSAS 18001 now withdrawn
- Three-year migration period
- Understand ISO 45001 requirements
- Identify and address gaps
- Certification bodies can help
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What to do next

- Raise awareness
- Secure commitment
- Upskill as needed:
- Safety and health professionals
- Top management
- Auditors
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Opportunity to improve

- Good safety and health management systems

and cultures help organisations to:
- prevent injury, illness and death
- improve reputation, resilience and results
Thank you
Any questions?

iso45001@iosh.com