ISO 45001
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
ISO 45001 specifies the requirements for an occupational health and safety management system.
An ISO 45001 management system provides a framework for establishing OH&S management policies, objectives, processes, and governance and facilitates the achievement of an organisation's strategic objectives.
The primary objective of the OH&S system is to enable organisations to provide safe and healthy workplaces and to continually improve health and safety performance.
Some of the reasons why an Organization decides on the adoption
and implementation of a Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems are the following:
What is ISO 45001
ISO 45001 specifies the requirements for an occupational health and safety management system.
An ISO 45001 management system provides a framework for establishing OH&S management policies, objectives, processes, and governance and facilitates the achievement of an organisation's strategic objectives.
The primary objective of the OH&S system is to enable organisations to provide safe and healthy workplaces and to continually improve health and safety performance.
Developing and implementing an OH&S management framework based on the ISO 45001 standard demonstrates to internal and external stakeholders (e.g., employees, regulators, customers, investors, and insurers) that the organisation manages its risks and continuously improves performance.
Benefits
An ISO 45001 based OH&S management system will enable an organization to improve its OH&S performance by:
- developing and implementing an OH&S policy and OH&S objectives
- establishing systematic processes which consider its “context” and which consider its risks and opportunities, and its legal requirements and other requirements
- determining the hazards and OH&S risks associated with its activities; seeking to eliminate them, or putting in controls to minimize their potential effects
- establishing operational controls to manage its OH&S risks and its legal requirements and other requirements
- increasing awareness of its OH&S risks
- evaluating its OH&S performance and seeking to improve it, through taking appropriate actions
- 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:
- improving its ability to respond to regulatory compliance issues
- reducing the overall costs of incidents
- reducing downtime and the costs of disruption to operations
- reducing the cost of insurance premiums
- improving morale, as well as reducing absenteeism and employee turnover rates
- recognition for having achieved an international benchmark (which may in turn influence other interested parties, such as customers who are concerned about their social responsibilities.
Interested Organizations
The requirements of ISO 45001 are applicable to any organization that wishes to establish, implement, and maintain an OH&S management regardless of its type or size, or the products and services it provides.
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