ISO 45001:2018

(Occupational health & safety management)

Introduction:

ISO 45001 is an International Standard that specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, with guidance for its use, to enable an organization to proactively improve its OH&S performance in preventing injury and ill-health. ISO 45001 is intended to be applicable to any organization regardless of its size, type and nature. All of 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.

Business Benefits include:

An ISO 45001 based OH&S management system will enable an organization to improve its OH&S performance by:

1. developing and implementing an OH&S policy and OH&S objectives
2. establishing systematic processes which consider its “context” and which take into account its risks and opportunities, and its legal and other requirements
3. determining the hazards and OH&S risks associated with its activities; seeking to eliminate them, or putting in controls to minimize their potential effects
4. establishing operational controls to manage its OH&S risks and its legal and other requirements
5. increasing awareness of its OH&S risks
6. evaluating its OH&S performance and seeking to improve it, through taking appropriate actions
7. ensuring workers take an active role in OH&S matters In combination these measures will ensure that an organization’s reputation as a safe place to work will be promoted, and can have more direct benefits, such as:
8. improving its ability to respond to regulatory compliance issues
9. reducing the overall costs of incidents
10. reducing downtime and the costs of disruption to operations
11. reducing the cost of insurance premiums
12. reducing absenteeism and employee turnover rates
13. Recognition for having achieved an international benchmark (which may in turn influence customers who are concerned about their social responsibilities)

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