What is ISO
45001?
The occupational health and safety (OH&S)
management system, ISO 45001
Certification, 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.
ISO 45001 can be applied to any organization
regardless of its size, type and nature. Its requirements are intended to be
integrated into an organization’s own management processes. ISO 45001 enables
an organization, through its OH&S management system, to integrate other
aspects of health and safety, such as worker wellness/wellbeing; however, it
should be noted that an organization can be required by applicable legal
requirements to also address such issues
Why ISO
45001?
As per a statistics it is learnt that over 7 600
people die each day from work-related accidents or diseases.
This has become a serious problem for the employers
and employees where for employers it is resulting in losses from early
retirements, staff absence and rising insurance premiums and for employees it
is loss of health, you suffer the physical or functional loss of a body part
because of a work injury or in some cases leading to death.
To combat the problem, ISO has developed a new
standard, ISO 45001, Occupational
health and safety management systems - Requirements, this standards
provides a framework to improve employee safety, reduce risk in the workplace and
create safer working conditions, everywhere.
The benefits of an effective management system to an
organization include:
·
More efficient use of resources and
improved financial performance,
·
Improved risk management and
protection of people and the environment, and
·
Organization’s capability increases
and delivers consistent quality services and products. This increases the value
to customers and all other stakeholders.
What is a
management system?
A management system is the way in which an
organization administers the inter-related parts of its business in order to
achieve its objectives.
ISO has provided several management Systems to address
product or service quality, operational efficiency, environmental performance,
health and safety in the workplace and many more.
This depends from organization to organization and the
level of complexity of the system it adopts. For smaller organizations it may
simply mean having strong leadership from the business owner, providing a clear
definition of what is expected from each individual employee and how they
contribute to the organization’s overall objectives, without the need for
extensive documentation but it may not be the case in the well established
organizations.
What does
it contain?
An Occupational Health and Safety Management System
(OHSMS) is a fundamental part of an organization's risk management strategy.
The new ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS)
promote a safe and healthy working environment to:
• Reduce occupational health and safety
risk
• Prevent work-related incidents
• Improve legislative compliance
When was it
introduced and what will happen to the current standard of OHSAS 18001?
ISO
45001:2018 Certification is published in 12 March 2018. From this date, the
organizations that do not yet have certified for their OHSMS can implement the
requirements of the new standard and approach for ISO 45001 certification.
International Accreditation Forum has given 3 years
transition period for the organization who have already been certified for
OHSAS 18001:2007 can migrate to the new standard with three years (i.e before
12 March 2021).
What is the
main difference between ISO 45001 and OHSAS 18001?
ISO
45001 follows the High Level Structure of other ISO standards like the latest
version of standards such as ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 which makes
integration of these standards much easier.
The new
areas are addressed in ISO 45001 are as follows:
Context
of the organization:
The
organization shall verify internal and external problems that are relevant to
its purpose which have an effect on its ability to realize the supposed
outcomes of its OHSAS 18001 management system.
Understanding
the requirements:
Expectations
of staff and alternative interested parties are staff supplier, subcontractors,
clients and regulatory authorities.
Risk
and opportunities:
Organizations
are to work out, think about and where ever necessary take action to handle any
risks or opportunities that will impact the power of the management system to
deliver its supposed results, as well as increased health and safety at the
geographical point.
Leadership
and management commitment:
Strong
stress on prime management to actively interact, and responsibilities need to
take for the effectiveness of the management system.
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