ISO 45001:2018 outlines requirements for an occupational safety and health (OH&S), management system. It also provides guidance on its use. This is to allow organizations to create safe and healthy workplaces, by preventing work-related injuries and ill health and by actively improving their OH&S performance.
Any organization who wishes to implement, maintain, and improve their OH&S system can use ISO 45001:2018.
ISO 45001:2018 assists organizations in achieving the desired outcomes of their OH&S management systems. In accordance with an organization’s OH&S policies, the expected outcomes of an OH&S system are:
a) Continuous improvement in OH&S performance
b) fulfilment of legal requirements and other requirements;
c) Achievement of OH&S goals.
ISO 45001:2018 is applicable to any organization regardless of its size, type and activities. It is applicable to the OH&S risks under the organization’s control, taking into account factors such as the context in which the organization operates and the needs and expectations of its workers and other interested parties.
ISO 45001:2018 does not state specific criteria for OH&S performance, nor is it prescriptive about the design of an OH&S management system.
Through its OH&S management system ISO 45001:2018, an organization can integrate other aspects of safety and health, such as worker well-being/wellbeing.
ISO 45001:2018 doesn’t address product safety, property damage, or environmental impacts beyond the risks for workers.
ISO 45001:2018 may be used in its entirety or in part to improve occupational safety and health management. However, claims of conformity to this document are not acceptable unless all its requirements are incorporated into an organization’s OH&S management system and fulfilled without exclusion.
ISO 45001 is for organizations who are serious about improving employee safety and reducing workplace risk.
The International Labour Organization estimates that more than 7600 people are killed each day by work-related diseases or accidents. That’s why an ISO committee of occupational health & safety experts set to work to develop an International Standard with the potential to save almost three million lives each year. The approach is similar to ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. ISO 45001 builds on the success of earlier international standards in this area such as OHSAS 18001, the International Labour Organization’s ILO-OSH Guidelines, various national standards and the ILO’s international labour standards and conventions.
ILO-OSH 2001 Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems
The ILO has designed these guidelines as a practical tool for assisting organizations and competent institutions as a means of achieving continual improvement in occupational safety and health (OSH) performance. The guidelines have been developed according to internationally agreed principles defined by the ILO’s tripartite constituents. Industrial Hub of these guidelines are intended for use by all those who have responsibility for OSH management. This second edition includes new additions to the bibliography.