ISO 45001 certification is a strategic choice that will reduce the risk to the organization and promote the preservation of occupational health and safety.
The Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) is a key part of the risk management strategy. The implementation of OHSMS allows your organization to:
- protect its workforce and other persons under its control;
- comply with legal requirements;
- encourage continual improvement.
ISO 45001 can be integrated with other standards for management systems, such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
The main requirements and differences from OHSAS 18001 are listed below.
ISO 45001 Standard – Key Moments And Organization Context
ISO 45001 places a strong emphasis on the context of the organization. It requires the organization to take into account expectations of interested parties regarding occupational health and safety management. The organization must determine which stakeholders are appropriate to its OHSMS and also determine their requirements.
The aim of ISO 45001 is to provide the organization with a high level of understanding of important issues that may have a positive or negative impact on it, as well as an understanding of how the organization manages its responsibilities for occupational health and safety of its employees.
Issues of interest are those that affect the organization’s ability to achieve the desired results. They include the objectives that the organization has set for its OHSMS, such as fulfilling its commitments related to health and safety at work.
Leadership in Occupational Health and Safety
Senior management must demonstrate its interest and commitment to OHSMS through direct participation, taking into account the results achieved in occupational health and safety in strategic planning.
Senior management must also contribute to the effectiveness of the OHSMS by playing an active role in guidance and communication with employees, as well as in promoting and guiding the organizational culture in the field of OHSMS.
This new standard clearly defines the requirements for the responsibility and accountability of senior management with regard to the management of health and safety at work. Senior management is accountable for decisions and activities to the governing bodies of the organization, to the competent state bodies and, more broadly, to interested parties. The standard ensures that ultimate responsibility cannot be delegated to health and safety managers or to other managers within an organization.
Participation And Consultation
The standard requires the organization’s senior management to encourage the consultation and participation of employees and their representatives, as they are key factors in the management of health and safety at work.
Consultation supposes two-way communication – dialogue and exchange – and involves the timely providing of information that employees and their representatives require before the organization can make a decision.
The occupational health and safety management system depends on the participation of employees, which enables them to contribute to decision-making, as well as to provide feedback on proposed changes.
The organization should encourage employees at all levels to report dangerous situations so that preventive measures and corrective action can be taken. Employees must also be able to report and suggest improvement without fear of dismissal, disciplinary action or similar repression.
Risk-Based Approach to OHSMS
Closely related to the focus on the organization context is the requirement to adopt a risk-based approach in the development and implementation of the OHSMS. An organization needs to identify the risks and opportunities that need to be considered to ensure that the OHSMS can achieve its intended objectives.
The risks and opportunities include those that are related to or identified by the relevant organization context. The organization must plan actions to address these risks and opportunities, implement them in the OHSMS processes, and evaluate the effectiveness of these actions.
This new standard clearly defines the requirements for the responsibility and accountability of senior management with regard to the management of health and safety at work. to stakeholders.
Outsoucing
The standard requires the organization to ensure that outsourced processes affecting its OHSMS are defined and controlled. When the products and/or services provided through outsourcing are under the control of the organization, the risk of the supplier and the contractor must be effectively managed.
Documented Information
The term ‘documented information’ is used instead of the term ‘documents and records’ in OHSAS 18001. Evidence from processed information that is not stored in an official document system, such as electronic information stored on smartphones and tablets, is now accepted.
Why Choose SMART CERTIFICATION for ISO 45001 Certification Audit?
Our know-how is your success – SMART CERTIFICATION is a leading certification organization. SMART CERTIFICATION auditors are highly qualified and independent specialists. Prerequisite for certification is an implemented Occupational Health and Safety Management System.
The certification process has the following stages:
- collection of preliminary information;
- audit preparation;
- verification of the submitted documents;
- audit;
- issuance of a certificate.
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