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ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System

ISO45001

What is ISO 45001?

According to the estimations from International Labor Organization (ILO), there are approximately 340 million occupational accidents and 160 million work-related illness victims worldwide each year. The ILO updates these estimations at regular intervals, and the updates show an increase in accidents and ill health. This is the result of accidents and illnesses related to work activities.  ISO45001 sets the international standard for occupational health and safety (OH&S) management systems. It helps organizations proactively manage their OH&S risks, create safer working conditions and improve their OH&S performance.
ISO45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems replaces OHSAS18001. If your organization is already certified to OHSAS18001, you will need to update to the new ISO 45001 standard.

All OH&S infrastructure or facilities have been in place to improve the OH&S issues, does it mean that we have complied to the requirement of ISO45001 standard and can be certified?

ISO45001 is not related to OH&S infrastructure / facilities / Personal Protective Equipment.  It is the workplace safety management system which is the focus on the continuous improvement on the activities of a corporate (namely staff, mechanism, physical resources and environment) with OH&S potential hazard.  Through adopting the management system, the OH&S hazard from the non-stop cycle activities have continuously improved from time to time.  

Benefits of ISO 45001 Certification

ISO 45001 certification shows that you take the safety and well-being of your employees seriously. A standardized OH&S management system helps you to manage risks, reduce workplace incidents and ensure that everyone gets home safely.

The benefits of an ISO 45001 certified Occupational Health and Safety Management System are varied, including:

  • Creating a safe and healthy workplace

  • Improved OH&S performance

  • Developing and implementing a OH&S management policy and objectives

  • Establishing a systematic and auditable process for managing OH&S risks

  • Minimizes risk and reduces workplace accidents and incidents

  • Clear documentation requirements for managing workplace safety in your business

  • Encourages all levels of staff to take an active role in OH&S matters

  • Demonstrates due diligence by meeting regulatory requirements and customer expectations

  • Improves team morale and empowerment of employees

  • Reduced costs, including lower insurance premiums

  • Builds a reputation as a safe place to work

  • Easily integrates with other management systems
     

ISO45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System Requirements

For the detailed requirement, you can purchase from the website of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) which develop and publish international standards or its authorities, ISO 45001 standard requires organisations to show that they:

  • Conduct a risk assessment of the site, plant and equipment, and processes

  • Understand external and internal issues relevant to workplace safety

  • Develop a OH&S Management Policy declaring commitment to workplace safety

  • Develop procedures to address workplace safety monitoring

  • Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), or similar, for high risk equipment

  • Develop and monitor OH&S objectives and targets

  • Develop processes to address workplace safety monitoring

  • Embrace workplace OH&S risks and opportunities

  • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and codes of practice

  • Implement workplace inspections

  • Monitor OH&S performance

  • Plan responses to workplace safety emergencies

  • Report and investigate accidents and incidents

  • Control OH&S nonconformances and take corrective action for significant or repetitive nonconformances

  • Conduct internal audits of the OH&S management system

  • Ensure senior management strategically review the OH&S management system

  • Ensure staff are competent and understand the OH&S management system

How can we assist your organization to award ISO 45001 Certification?

Stage 1: Perform site visit and understand the organizational structure, style and culture of their operations, their existing documentation (e.g. manual, procedures or forms), resources and training you deployed.
Stage 2: Provide ISO requirement training to the responsible top management.
Stage 3: Discuss with the responsible top management to define the responsibilities of staff at all levels in your management system.
Stage 4: Perform occupational health & safety risk assessment (workplace, plant/equipment and processes) of your management system and coordinate with you to prepare the relevant response with associated training, documentation or resources.
Stage 5: Coordinate and define Management Policy and Objective or Goals with you according to ISO requirement
Stage 6: Establish necessary mechanism with associated resources and elaborate your management system documents in order to meet ISO requirement.  We will NOT provide a set of totally separated ISO procedures from your existing procedures that it will cause the difficulty in maintaining your management system or certification renewal.
Stage 7: Implement the approved procedures established in Stage 6 through training or briefing to the concerned staff. Among the trial period, any change is allowed to fit your needs or management style without deviating the ISO requirement.
Stage 8: Provide internal audit training to your audit team and perform the first internal audit with them to your management system together.
Stage 9: Perform management review to ensure your management system conforming the ISO requirement.
Stage 10: Select the certification body for certification.

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