ISO 45001: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (OHSMS)
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An Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) is a fundamental part of an organization's risk management strategy. Implementing an OHSMS enables an organization to:
- Protect its workforce and others under its control
- Comply with legal requirements
- Facilitate continual improvement
ISO 45001 can be aligned with other management systems standards, such as ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015. ISO 45001 was published in March 2018. Below are key requirements and differences from OHSAS 18001.
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ISO 45001 STANDARD – KEY AREAS AND ORGANIZATION CONTEXT
ISO 45001 places a strong focus on an organization’s context. It requires the organization to consider what stakeholders expect from it in terms of occupational health and safety management. The organization must determine which interested parties are relevant to its OHSMS and also determine the relevant requirements of those interested parties. The intent of ISO 45001 is to provide an organization with a high-level understanding of the important issues that can affect it either positively or negatively and how it manages its occupational health and safety responsibilities towards its workers. Issues of interest are those that affect the organization’s ability to achieve its intended outcomes. These include the objectives it has set for its OHSMS, such as meeting its OHS policy commitments...
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PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION
The standard requires the organization’s top management to encourage consultation with, and participation from workers and their representatives, as these are key factors in OHS Management.
Consultation implies two-way communication – dialogue and exchanges – and involves the timely provision of the information that workers and their representatives require before the organization can make a decision.
The OHS management system depends on worker participation, which enables workers to contribute to decision making regarding OHS performance and provide feedback on proposed changes.
The organization must encourage workers at all levels to report hazardous situations, so that preventive measures can be put in place and corrective action taken. Workers must also be able to report and suggest areas of improvement without fearing dismissal, disciplinary action or similar reprisals....
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