What is ISO 45001

On 12 March 2018, ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems was issued by ISO (International Organization for Standardization).
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.
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.

Effectiveness of ISO 45001

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 depend on a number of key factors, which can include:

  • - top management leadership, commitment, responsibilities, and accountability
  • - top management developing, leading, and promoting a culture in the organization that supports the intended outcomes of the OH&S management system
  • - communication
  • - consultation and participation of workers, and, where they exist, workers' representatives
  • - allocation of the necessary resources to maintain it
  • - OH&S policies, which are compatible with the overall strategic objectives and direction of the organization
  • - effective processes for identifying hazards, controlling OH&S risks, and taking advantage of OH&S opportunities
  • - continual performance evaluation and monitoring of the OH&S management system to improve OH&S performance
  • - integration of the OH&S management system into the organization’s business processes
  • - 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
  • - compliance with legal requirements and other requirements

Representation of the structure of ISO45001:2018 in the PDCA cycle

ISO 45001:2018 Requirements

4. Context of the organization
  • 4.1 Understanding the organization and its context
  • 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties
  • 4.3 Determining the scope of the OH&S management system
  • 4.4 OH&S management system
5. Leadership and worker participation
  • 5.1 Leadership and commitment
  • 5.2 OH&S policy
  • 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
  • 5.4 Consultation and participation of workers
6. Planning
  • 6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities
  • 6.1.1 General
  • 6.1.2 Hazard identification and assessment of risks and opportunities
  • 6.1.3 Determination of legal requirements and other requirements
  • 6.1.4 Planning action
  • 6.2 OH&S objectives and planning to achieve them
  • 6.2.1 OH&S objectives
  • 6.2.2 Planning to achieve OH&S objectives
7. Support
  • 7.1 Resources
  • 7.2 Competence
  • 7.3 Awareness
  • 7.4 Communication
  • 7.4.1 General
  • 7.4.2 Internal communication
  • 7.4.3 External communication
  • 7.5 Documented information
  • 7.5.1 General
  • 7.5.2 Creating and updating
  • 7.5.3 Control of documented information
8. Operation
  • 8.1 Operational planning and control
  • 8.1.1 General
  • 8.1.2 Eliminating hazards and reducing OH&S risks
  • 8.1.3 Management of change
  • 8.1.4 Procurement
  • 8.2 Emergency preparedness and response
9. Performance evaluation
  • 9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and performance evaluation
  • 9.1.1 General
  • 9.1.2 Evaluation of compliance
  • 9.2 Internal audit
  • 9.2.1 General
  • 9.2.2 Internal audit programme
  • 9.3 Management review
10. Improvement
  • 10.1 General
  • 10.2 Incident, nonconformity and corrective action
  • 10.3 Continual improvement

Scope of Accreditation

No Description of economic sector / activity IAS
1 Agriculture, forestry and fishing
2 Mining and quarrying
3 Food products, beverages and tobacco
4 Textiles and textile products O
5 Leather and leather products O
6 Wood and wood products O
7 Pulp, paper and paper products O
8 Publishing companies O
9 Printing companies O
10 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products O
11 Nuclear fuel
12 Chemicals, chemical products and fibres O
13 Pharmaceuticals O
14 Rubber and plastic products O
15 Non-metallic mineral products O
16 Concrete, cement, lime, plaster etc O
17 Basic metals and fabricated metal products O
18 Machinery and equipment O
19 Electrical and optical equipment O
20 Shipbuilding
21 Aerospace
22 Other transport equipment O
23 Manufacturing not elsewhere classified O
24 Recycling O
25 Electricity supply
26 Gas supply
27 Water supply
28 Construction O
29 Wholesale and retail trade; Repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods O
30 Hotels and restaurants
31 Transport, storage and communication O
32 Financial intermediation; real estate; renting O
33 Information technology O
34 Engineering services O
35 Other services O
36 Public administration O
37 Education O
38 Health and social work
39 Other social services O

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