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ISO 45001 Draft PDF Download: What You Need to Know About the New OH&S Requirements



Also, to help you audit against the requirements of the new standard, here is the complete ISO 45001:2018 checklist. Use it on Nimonik Audit, available on iOS and Android, to efficiently conduct the audit and create an instant audit report.




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ISO 45001 is based on Annex SL, which is the framework used in other ISO management system standards. This would make its (and other management system standards) implementation easier, efficient, and streamlined.


Unlike 18001, that delegated responsibility to safety personnel, ISO 45001 would require the incorporation of health and safety in the overall management system of the organization, thus driving top management to have a stronger leadership role in the safety and health program.


With 45001, the safety culture of the organization will be supported by the engagement of management with workers and demonstrated by a top-down emphasis. Instead of providing oversight of the program, management would be true safety leaders.


Workers will have broader participation in the new standard, with employees required to work with management to implement the safety management system (SMS). ISO 45001 would make employee training and education to identify risks and help the company create a successful safety program, mandatory. Internal audits and risk assessment results would be required to be openly shared with workers, allowing for employee input.


The new clause would still incorporate the concepts of documentation and records, but there would be no mandated procedures. With the risk-based approach of ISO 45001, documented procedures are a risk control mechanism. It would be overly prescriptive for the standard to specify when documented procedures are needed. Your organization does not need to throw existing documented procedures away. It should just consider whether it really needs them and how best to apply them.


The organizations that do not yet have OHSAS 18001 certification but are planning to get their OH&S system certified, must go on to achieve OHSAS 18001 certification as it would be valid for another three years after the ISO 45001 comes to force. It is unsafe for employees to work in conditions that have not been proven safe by the certification so no organization needs to wait for the new standard.


Whether your organization is a micro business or a global conglomerate, a non-profit organization, an academic institution, or a government department, ISO 45001 can provide you with a systematic approach to manage the health and safety of your people.


ISO 45001 is an ISO standard for management systems of occupational health and safety (OHS), published in March 2018. The goal of ISO 45001 is the reduction of occupational injuries and diseases, including promoting and protecting physical and mental health.[1]


The standard is based on OHSAS 18001, conventions and guidelines of the International Labour Organization, and national standards.[1][2] It includes elements that are additional to OHSAS 18001 which it is replacing over a three-year migration period from 2018 to 2021.[3] As of March 2021, companies and organizations should have migrated to ISO 45001 to retain a valid certification, although ISO has extended the transition period for up to six months (to 11 September 2021) for organizations adversely affected by COVID-19.[4]


ISO 45001 was proposed at the ISO in October 2013. The committee ISO/PC 283, created in 2013, had direct responsibility for the standardization process.[7] At least 70 countries contributed to the drafting process.[8] Preparation and committee work lasted until December 2015. From 2015 to 2017, a first draft failed to gain sufficient approval from ISO members and was revised in a second draft, which was approved and refined into a final draft.[7] In the final vote, the standard garnered 62 votes in favour, nine abstentions and four votes against from France, India, Spain, and Turkey.[9] The standard was published on 12 March 2018.[7]


ISO 45001 is set to replace OHSAS 18001 over three years following its publication in March 2018.[10] BSI will formally withdraw OHSAS 18001 in September 2021, at the end of the extended migration period (due to COVID-19).[11][12] ISO 45001 uses the management system standard structure guideline Annex SL to allow for simplified integration with other management system standards, such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.[13] The International Accreditation Forum has published requirements for migration from OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001.[14]


Organizations with a pre-existing OHSAS certification that migrate to ISO 45001:2018 can consider both certifications as one. For example, an OHSAS 18001 certification from 2017 that is migrated to ISO 45001:2018 in 2020 will be considered as having run from 2017.


ISO 45001 was adopted as a national standard by Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Moldova, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, and Uzbekistan.N-[1] 2ff7e9595c


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