New standard: ISO/DIS 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety) published
ISO/DIS 45001 is published
Recently, marking the ISO 45001 standard development entered the stage of public review. This draft standard basically describes all the requirements necessary for an occupational health and safety system. The review period of the draft standard is three months, during which each member country of the ISO organization participates in the review and gives feedback. If the results are positive, subsequent final draft versions will be updated appropriately based on the existing requirements in this version, and the formal standard is expected to be released in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Mr. David Smith, Chairman of the ISO 45001 Development Committee, said that OHSAS 18001 is already a widely used and mature standard for occupational health and safety management. The development of ISO standards, on the one hand, we hope that enterprises can easily integrate occupational health and safety tools into the existing management system, on the other hand, we also hope that the international recognition of ISO can bring further credibility to this standard, thereby driving its wider application.
I. Background introduction:
Globally, more than 6,300 people die every day, or one person every 15 seconds, from a work-related accident or illness, and 153 are injured on the job. With 2.3 million work-related deaths and more than 300 million non-fatal accidents each year, organizations and society as a whole suffer a heavy burden.
The International Organization for Standardization hopes to promote the implementation of occupational health and safety management standards on a wider global scale, helping businesses and organizations around the world to ensure the health and safety of their employees. Therefore, we are also working to transform OHSAS 18001, a widely used and mature standard, into ISO 45001, the world's first international standard for occupational health and safety.
In the new standard, an organization will not just focus on its immediate health and safety issues, but will take into account the larger community's expectations. Organizations need to consider their subcontractors and suppliers, as well as, for example, how their own work will affect their neighbors.
Because of globalization and increasing global trade, organizers want organizations to behave ethically in all aspects of their business, especially in the way they treat their employees. ISO45001 will provide these organizations with an internationally recognized occupational health and safety standard to follow. The standard not only provides formal and systematic specifications for analyzing and managing risks, but also for managing their compliance, improving workplace safety and evaluating occupational health and safety performance. These systematic approaches are beneficial in reducing the number of accidents and, ultimately, business threats.
In order to meet international needs and requirements, more than 50 countries and organizations, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), are involved in ISO45001. The goal is to provide a tool that an organization can use, that can be used by any industry, and that can be used worldwide.
Ii. Objectives and implementation
1. What is the target?
ISO 45001 is designed to be used by any organization, regardless of its size or nature of work, and can be integrated into other health and safety projects, such as worker health. The standard also covers a number of legal requirements in related fields.
2. When will it be implemented?
Now that ISO45001 has reached the DIS stage, ISO's national member bodies have been invited to vote and comment on the text of the standard for a three-month voting period. After the consultation on the DIS draft is completed and confirmed, the revised document will be sent to ISO members as a final draft International standard (FDIS draft). If the final vote is in favour, ISO45001 will likely be published as an official international standard in late 2016 or early 2017.
3. Major changes
As the first ISO standard for an occupational health and safety management system, ISO/DIS 45001 builds on the existing specification of OHSAS 18001, while also incorporating the needs of key stakeholders. The main changes include:
High-level structural framework
ISO/DIS 45001, like all other new or revised ISO management system standards, uses the high-level structure specified in Annex SL as a framework to ensure that ISO 45001 is consistent with other management system standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Run it in a way that is more aligned with business development. Other important changes in ISO/DIS 45001 include:
Pay more attention to the organizational environment and require organizations to consider those social factors arising from occupational health and safety management
Introduce the concept of risk thinking to establish, implement and maintain the organization's own occupational health and safety management system, not just occupational health and safety (OHS) risks
■ Responsibilities previously required of senior management in the system will be allowed to be delegated to health and safety managers at all levels
Require organizations to explain how they manage the risks of suppliers and contractors by replacing "documents and records" with "documented information" and allowing the use of electronic information
Organizational environment
The main direction of ISO/ DIS 45001 is to guide organizations to a high-level and systematic understanding of the factors (both positive and negative) that have a significant impact on the management of the people working under the control of their occupational health and safety management system. To explore what factors affect the organization's ability to achieve its desired outcomes, including its OH&S goals, in order to meet its OH&S commitments. The organization must identify the interested parties involved in its occupational health and safety management system and the needs of these interested parties.
Risk thinking
When developing and implementing occupational health and safety management system, risk thinking should be introduced to closely combine the system with the organizational environment. The organization must identify all risks and opportunities related to or determined by the organizational environment that urgently need to be addressed to ensure that the occupational health and safety management system can achieve the desired results. The organization must plan measures to address these risks and opportunities, integrate and implement them throughout its OH&S management system, and evaluate the effectiveness of these measures.
Leadership: Commitment from the top
From now on, senior management must be directly involved in the occupational health and safety management system, taking into account occupational health and safety performance in strategic planning, and communicating within the organization about the importance of establishing an effective occupational health and safety management system and meeting its requirements.
Senior management must also actively play a leadership role, support the functional personnel, promote and lead the organizational culture of the occupational health and safety management system, and ensure the effective implementation of the occupational health and safety management system.
outsourcing
The organization shall ensure that outsourcing processes affecting its OH&S management system are identified and controlled. Suppliers and contractors involved in these processes should ensure that they implement and enforce the requirements in the workplace.
document
The term "documented information" replaces "files and records". Relevant evidence does not have to be maintained in a formal filing system, as electronic information held on smartphones and tablets can now be used as evidence.
Source: Quality and Certification
