WHAT IS ISO 45001?
An ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety Management System), often called an OHSMS, is
the world’s international standard for occupational health & safety, issued to protect employees and visitors from work-related accidents and diseases. ISO 45001 certification was developed to mitigate any factors that can cause employees and businesses irreparable harm. An Occupational Health & Safety Management System defines the framework in which the organization cares for the occupational health and safety of its employees. It represents a set of rules, policies, processes, plans and practices for preventing occupational health and safety hazards and minimizes risks in the workplace. OH&SMS is unique for every organization and it must be adequate to the legal requirements, occupational health and safety hazards and business processes applied in the organization. ISO 45001 represents the best practices in establishing, implementing and maintaining the OH&SMS.
WHY CHOOSE ISO 45001?
Gaining an ISO 45001 (OHSMS) certification can be a useful tool to add credibility by demonstrating that your work environment is safe & working environment conditions are healthy. It helps you with following features:
- Workers Safety
- Injury Prevention
- Statutory Identification and Compliance Evaluation
- Risk Management
- Enhanced Occupational Health Measures
- Risk Reduction
- Improved Productivity
- Enhanced Organizational Safety Culture
HOW MUCH DOES ISO 45001 COST?
The cost of certification depends on several factors. These include your business sector, type of organization, your scope of work, environmental aspects & impacts and your number of employees. Moreover, costs vary as per industry specific accreditation as well (such as from EGAC, EIAC, IAS, DAKKS, UKAS, JAS-ANZ or NABCB).
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IMPLEMENTATION OF ISO 45001
An ISO 45001 i.e. Occupational Health & Safety Management System (or commonly referred to as an OH&SMS) is a structured system designed to help organisations manage their Work environment and working standards. An Occupational Health & Safety Management System provides structure to Health & Safety Management and covers areas such as training, record management, inspections, objectives and policies.
Implementation of an environmental management system requires the following steps to be completed by an organisation:
- Development of an Occupational Health & Safety policy that reflects its commitments;
- Appointment of a person(s) responsible for its coordination;
- Identification of how the organisation interacts with the health & safety measures;
- Identification of all Hazard / Risk Factors & their impacts;
- Establishment of Health & Safety objectives, targets and programs;
- Defining & Documenting Manual, Risk & Mitigation Plan, OCP’s and other relevant docs as per OH&SMS standard.
- Monitoring and measurement of the progress to achieve its objectives;
- Reviewing the system, work environment, working standards & working environmental conditions at regular intervals and analysing OH&SMS performance.
- Continuous improvement of the organisation’s OH&SMS performance.
BENEFITS OF ISO 45001
