What is ISO 45001:2018?
It specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, and gives guidance for its use, to enable organizations to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as well as by proactively improving its OH&S performance.
Need of ISO 45001:2018
ISO 45001 specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, and gives guidance for its use, to enable organizations to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as well as by proactively improving its OH&S performance.
Benefits of ISO 45001:2018
- Reduces accidents and interruptions in production by assuring better control over hazards at the workplace.
- Focus on employee safety.
- Legal compliance with minimal administrative effort.
- Demonstrates an innovative and forward thinking approach.
- Improves company image and boosts international competitiveness.
- Reduction in insurance costs.
- Improvement in safety culture, increasing control of hazards
- Improvement in the efficiency of the operations & consequent reduction in accidents & production time loss
- Improvement in the security / quality of work places, employee morale and adherence to company values
- Reduction in insurance premiums
- Demonstration of legal compliance
Is it complex to implement ?
No it is not, you can achieve by Following these Steps
- Get the support of management.
- Know your legal requirements.
- Define the scope of your OH&S management system.
- Define the processes and procedures
- Implement the OH&S processes and procedures
- Train your employees and make them aware
- Choose your certification body
- Use the OH&S management system and keep records
- Do your internal audits
- Do a management review
- Corrective actions
- Certification audits
