ISO 45001

Origins

The world’s leading organizations recognize the necessity to monitor and rise the performance of health and safety and complete this through OHSMS, which stands for occupational health and safety management (OHSMS). But prior to 1999, there was a flood of national standards and private certification schemes available. This created confusion and dispersion within the market, and harmed confidence in each scheme and may have led to trade barriers.

Development

In recognition of this and the need for international collaboration, the OHSAS Project Group was formed to establish a single, unified method. The Group included members from National standards organizations, academic bodies accreditation bodies as well as certification bodies and OSH institutions as well as the UK’s official national standards body, the BSI Group, providing the Secretariat.
Based on the desirable of the existing schemes and standards Based on the accurate of existing standards and schemes, the OHSAS Project Group published the OHSAS 18000 Series in 1999. The Series comprised two standards: 18001 outlined specifications for OHS-related management systems, while 18002 provided guidelines for implementation. In 2005, approximately 16,000 organizations across more than 80 nations were together ISO 45001 as their ISO 45001 specification. In 2009, more than 54,000 certificate had already been given across the 116 countries that adhered to OHSAS or similar OHSMS standards.

Adoption as British Standard

The 18001 specification was revised on July 7, 2007. In addition to other modifications included, the new specifications were more closely aligned with specifications of ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 9001:2000 to assure that companies can more easily implement 18001 along with their the existing systems of management. In addition, the health component of “health and safety” was emphasized more.

Then, BSI Group decided to adopt ISO 45001 as a British standard, hence the name ‘BS ISO 45001’. BSI Group subsequently adopted the 18002 guidance specification, which was updated to be published as BS OHSAS 18002 in 2008.

How they function

They assert it is because an occupational safety and health management system (OHSMS) helps to create the safety and health of workers in a work environment through providing a framework that assists organizations in: continuously identify and manage hazards to safety and health to reduce the chance of accidents; help with legislative compliance as well as boost the overall efficiency.

OHSAS 18000 standards OHSAS 18000 guidelines impart companies with the components of an efficient OHSMS which can then be combined with other requirements for management and assist organisations complete higher performance in occupational health and safety and financial goals.

BS ISO 45001 specifies requirements for an OH&S management system that can help an organization to develop and establish a policy and goals that consider the legal requirements as well as information on OH&S dangers. It is applicable to all kinds and sizes of businesses and can accommodate a variety of geographical, social and cultural situations.

The BS OHSAS 18002 guideline provides general help in establishing the foundation, implementing, or improving the effectiveness of an OH&S management system. It illustrates the success of implementing BS ISO 45001.

Disambiguation

It is important to note that the OHSAS 18000 standards were written and published outside ISO’s International Organization for Standardization (ISO) framework. As of the time of the writing (November 2010,) ISO has no plans to adopt the standards. To keep confusion at bay, ISO 18000 does exist however, it’s a radio frequency identification standard.