ISO 45001-2018

Introduction:

An organization is responsible for the occupational health and safety of workers and others who can be affected by its activities. This responsibility includes promoting and protecting their physical and mental health.

The adoption of an OH&S management system is intended to enable an organization to provide safe and healthy workplaces, prevent work-related injury and ill health, and continually improve its OH&S performance.

Aim of an OH&S management system:

The purpose of an OH&S management system is to provide a framework for managing OH&S

risks and opportunities. The aim and intended outcomes of the OH&S management system are to prevent work-related injury and ill health to workers and to provide safe and healthy workplaces; consequently, it is critically important for the organization to eliminate hazards and minimize OH&S risks by taking effective preventive and protective measures.

When these measures are applied by the organization through its OH&S management system, they improve its OH&S performance. An OH&S management system can be more effective and efficient when taking early action to address opportunities for improvement of OH&S performance.

Implementing an OH&S management system conforming to this document enables an organization to manage its OH&S risks and improve its OH&S performance. An OH&S management system can assist an organization to fulfil its legal requirements and other requirements.

Success factors:

The implementation of an OH&S management system is a strategic and operational decision for an organization. The success of the OH&S management system depends on leadership, commitment, and participation from all levels and functions of the organization.

The implementation and maintenance of an OH&S management system, its effectiveness, and its ability to achieve its intended outcomes are dependent on a number of key factors, which can include:

• a)?top management leadership, commitment, responsibilities, and accountability;
• b)?top management developing, leading, and promoting a culture in the organization that supports the intended outcomes of the OH&S management system;
• c)?communication;
• d)?consultation and participation of workers, and, where they exist, workers’ representatives;
• e)?allocation of the necessary resources to maintain it;
• f)?OH&S policies, which are compatible with the overall strategic objectives and direction of the organization;
• g)?effective process(es) for identifying hazards, controlling OH&S risks, and taking advantage of OH&S opportunities;
• h)?continual performance evaluation and monitoring of the OH&S management system to improve OH&S performance;
• i)?integration of the OH&S management system into the organization’s business processes;
• j)?OH&S objectives that align with the OH&S policy and take into account the organization’s hazards, OH&S risks, and OH&S opportunities;
• k)?compliance with its legal requirements and other requirements.

History & Revision Updates:

An international management system standard focusing on an organizations’ OH&SMS.

• Not an "ISO" standard earlier, however, now it is structured to be compatible with the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
• Applicable to any organization - all sizes at any locations with any activities.
• BS OHSAS 18001 standard: Developed by a consortium of 13 European leading international certification bodies and released in April 1999.
• Amended in Nov 2002 (Amendment 1: 2002). New version OHSAS 18001:2007 released on 1st July 2007

ISO 45001 was released on 12th March 2018 which will replace OHSAS 18001: 2007.

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OHSAS?18001 AND ISO?45001?

There are many differences, but the main change is that ISO?45001 concentrates on the interaction between an organization and its business environment while OHSAS?18001 was focused on managing OH&S hazards and other internal issues. But the standards also diverge in many other ways:

• ISO?45001 is process-based?– OHSAS?18001 is procedure-based
• ISO?45001 is dynamic in all clauses?– OHSAS?18001 is not
• ISO?45001 considers both risk and opportunities?– OHSAS?18001 deals exclusively?with?risk
• ISO?45001 includes the views of interested parties?– OHSAS?18001 does not

These points represent a significant shift in the way health and safety management is perceived. OH&S is no longer treated as a “stand-alone” but must be viewed within the perspective of running a sound and sustainable organization. That being said, although the two standards differ in their approach, a management system established in accordance with OHSAS?18001 will be a solid platform for migrating to ISO?45001.

Whom does the ISO 45001:2018 standard apply?

ISO 45001:2018 is applicable to any organization that wishes to establish, implement and maintain an OH&S management system to improve occupational health and safety, eliminate hazards, and minimize OH&S risks (including system deficiencies), take advantage of OH&S opportunities, and address OH&S management system nonconformities associated with its activities.

ISO 45001:2018 helps an organization to achieve the intended outcomes of its OH&S management system. Consistent with the organization's OH&S policy, the intended outcomes of an OH&S management system include:

????a) continual improvement of OH&S performance;

????b) fulfillment of legal requirements and other requirements;

????c) achievement of OH&S objectives.

ISO 45001:2018 is applicable to any organization regardless of its size, type, and activities. It is applicable to the OH&S risks under the organization's control, taking into account factors such as the context in which the organization operates and the needs and expectations of its workers and other interested parties.

ISO 45001:2018 does not state specific criteria for OH&S performance, nor is it prescriptive about the design of an OH&S management system.

ISO 45001:2018 enables an organization, through its OH&S management system, to integrate other aspects of health and safety, such as worker wellness/wellbeing.

ISO 45001:2018 does not address issues such as product safety, property damage, or environmental impacts, beyond the risks to workers and other relevant interested parties.

ISO 45001:2018 can be used in whole or in part to systematically improve occupational health and safety management. However, claims of conformity to this document are not acceptable unless all its requirements are incorporated into an organization's OH&S management system and fulfilled without exclusion.

10 fantastic benefits of ISO 45001:

1. Positions your business as industry leaders

By implementing the most up-to-date occupational health and safety standards, your organization will be seen as an elite category of business, and be internationally recognized. It is a level of excellence that is acknowledged worldwide and will help to set you apart from your competitors.

2. Increases trust

By demonstrating that you are actively facilitating continuous improvement of your employees’ morale, safety, and performance, will enable people to trust you and hold you socially accountable for your staff’s well-being. Being transparent and promoting your corporate social responsibility efforts can have a huge impact on how the public, your future employees, and prospective clients perceive your business.

3. Consistency means efficiency

ISO 45001 creates an organization built around best practices. This is then mirrored across the company and sets a standard for managing risks. Having a strong, consistent standard means that the organization is more efficient across the board.

4. Lowers insurance premiums

By simply implementing ISO 45001, it provides a platform to attract lower insurance premiums as it proves the organization is performing strong due diligence in managing and protecting their employees.

5. Improves individual safety as well as organizational

ISO 45001 has been widely anticipated by the global business community because it addresses the personal health and safety risks to the individual of any process or use of machinery within an organization. This relates both to their mental health and physical safety within your workplace.

6. Improves managerial oversight

This particular ISO ensures responsibility and ownership lies with safety management personnel or top-level management. By having the involvement of top leadership and a clearly communicated process for identifying hazards, the occupational health and safety of employees are continually improved over time.

7. Preventative risk and hazard assessment

Implementing ISO 45001 helps your organization prevent risks as opposed to reacting to them once they are detected by others. The internal auditing system provides an ‘early warning system’ to help you spot potential threats to health and safety.

8. Increases return on investment (ROI)

There are various ways that ISO 45001 will provide ROI for your organization. By implementing ISO 45001, the efficiency of your staff improves, whilst workplace injury reduces. This means your productivity levels can be improved significantly across the board. This improvement in productivity and general employee safety can have a positive impact on the insurance premiums for your organization. A by-product of this is that work-related insurance claims decrease and further improve the cost of insurance for the business.

9. Occupational focus:

The focus is primarily on the employee's physical and mental well-being at work as opposed to the quality management of the workplace systems and tools that are used. This is an important factor to recognize when looking to implement ISO 45001 into your organization, as it improves staff morale, which has a significant impact on staff turnover and retention rates.

10. Deals with risk and opportunities:

Fundamentally, it deals with both the risk and opportunities whereas OHSAS 18001 and previous standards primarily deal with the risks presented by an organization.

CONTENT OF ISO 45001:

Like the BS OHSAS 18001 policy, the new ISO 45001standard is based on the ‘Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) model. ISO 45001, in the same way as other standards, is aligned with what is referred to as the HLS ‘ High-Level Structure’ (standardized structure, text modules, and definitions) and therefore facilitates integration into?management systems that have been implemented?with several standards. The company context also gains insignificance. The topics of occupational health & safety management and continual development are brought to the fore as the central focus of a company. The opportunity, therefore, arises for companies to align their strategic direction with the occupational health & safety management system.

ISO 45001 illustrates that companies must think beyond their own horizons when it comes to occupational health & safety and that working conditions must also be taken into account for suppliers and service providers.

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