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ISO 45001
ISO 45001 is an international standard for occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It provides a framework for organizations to improve employee safety, reduce workplace risks, and create better, safer working conditions.
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Key Aspects of ISO 45001:
- Leadership and Worker Participation: Emphasizes top management’s role in leading the OHSMS and the active participation of workers.
- Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment: Identifying hazards and assessing risks associated with the workplace.
- Planning: Setting objectives and planning actions to achieve desired safety outcomes.
- Support: Ensuring availability of resources, competence, awareness, communication, and documented information.
- Operation: Implementing processes to manage occupational health and safety risks.
- Performance Evaluation: Monitoring, measuring, analyzing, and evaluating the performance of the OHSMS.
- Improvement: Continually improving the OHSMS through corrective actions and opportunities for improvement.
Structure of ISO 45001:
ISO 45001:2018, the latest version of the standard, follows a structure similar to other ISO management system standards, which includes:
- Context of the Organization: Understanding the organization and its context, including internal and external factors that affect the OHSMS.
- Leadership and Worker Participation: Establishing an OHS policy, roles, responsibilities, and ensuring worker participation and consultation.
- Planning: Addressing risks and opportunities, setting OHS objectives, and planning actions to achieve them.
- Support: Providing resources, ensuring competence, raising awareness, and maintaining communication and documented information.
- Operation: Planning and controlling operations, emergency preparedness and response, and managing changes.
- Performance Evaluation: Monitoring and measuring performance, conducting internal audits, and management reviews.
- Improvement: Taking corrective actions, identifying opportunities for improvement, and enhancing the OHSMS.
Benefits of ISO 45001:
- Improved Occupational Health and Safety: Reducing workplace injuries and illnesses.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring compliance with legal and other requirements related to occupational health and safety.
- Enhanced Organizational Reputation: Demonstrating a commitment to providing a safe and healthy workplace.
- Risk Management: Proactively managing risks and opportunities related to health and safety.
- Increased Worker Participation: Engaging workers in safety processes and decision-making.
- Operational Efficiency: Reducing downtime and disruptions caused by workplace incidents.
Certification:
Organizations can choose to be certified to ISO 45001 by undergoing an audit conducted by an independent certification body. Certification demonstrates that the organization’s OHSMS meets the requirements of the standard.
Overall, ISO 45001 helps organizations create a safer and healthier work environment, protect employees from harm, and improve overall safety performance.
