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Current Position:-> Certification Consulting -> OHSAS18001 certification
ISO 45001: THENEW HEALTH & SAFETY STANDARD Date:2014.06.28 January 16, 2014 · by Antaris Consulting · in economic benefitof ISO standards, ISO 45001, ISO Standards,management system standards, Management Systems, OHSAS 18001 · 4 Comments ISO recently announced that ISO Committee ISO/PC 283 –Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems, has been formed with anobjective to develop and publish an international standard for OccupationalHealth and Safety (OH&S) based on OHSAS 18001. The new standard will beknown as ISO 45001. The standard’s publication is still some time off, but theresult will hopefully be an up-to-date health and safety management systemwhich will allow practicable and efficient integration with standards such asISO 14001 and ISO 9001. This standard, designated as ISO 45001, will establishglobally-accepted requirements for third-party certification of an OH&Smanagement system. It is intended to replace the OHSAS 18001 standard. At the first meeting of the committee ISO/PC 283 in October2013, an outline project plan for the development and publication of ISO 45001was created: ? ISO/CD 45001 (first committee draft) to be published by May2014 ? ISO/DIS 45001 (first draft international standard) to be published byFebruary 2015 ? ISO/FDIS 45001 (final draft international standard) to be published by March2016 ? Final ISO 45001 to be published in October 2016 The new standard will follow the “High-Level Structure” formatdefined in Annex SL, meaning that it will be aligned with the revised versionsof ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 scheduled for publication in 2015. ISO/PC 283 – the committee responsible for ISO 45001 – heldtheir inaugural meeting in October. It was agreed that, ISO 45001 will fall inline with the Annex SL high-level structure,. This means that all themanagement system standards will eventually be aligned. This decision was takenby the ISO Joint Technical Coordination Group (JTCG) in an effort to make lifeeasier for organisations who wish to have a single management system. This will mean the structure of the standard will be: 1. Scope 2. Normative references 3. Terms and definitions 4. Context of the organization 5. Leadership 6. Planning 7. Support 8. Operation 9. Performance evaluation 10. Improvement Moving forward, the committee established a plan for thedevelopment and publication of the standard: ? ISO/CD 45001 (first committee draft) to be published by May2014 ? ISO/DIS 45001 (first draft international standard) to be published byFebruary 2015 ? ISO/FDIS 45001 (final draft international standard) to be published by March2016 ? ISO 45001 to be published in October 2016 The next meeting for the ISO/PC 283 committee will be held inMarch 2014 in Morocco in order to get the working draft of ISO 45001. It willthen be open for comment, in order to ensure the standard reflects the needs ofusers around the world. With poor health and safety management costing around 4% ofglobal GDP, the new international standard’s impact has the potential to savelives, reduce accidents and improve employee morale. Its impact on industrywill be closely watched by business leaders and safety professionals around theworld. If done correctly it has the potential to improve safety standards, performanceand ultimately reduce accident rates. However if not managed properly it couldend up being just a paper exercise and a new certificate on the wall. |
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