ISO 45001: Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) is an international standard set to improve employee safety, reducing workplace risks and creating better, safer working conditions.
The purpose
of an OH&S management system is to produce a framework for managing
OH&S risks and opportunities. The aim and intended outcomes of the OH&S
management system are to stop work-related injury and unhealthiness to workers
and supply safe and healthy workplaces; consequently, it's critically important
for the organization to eliminate hazards and minimize OH&S risks by taking
effective preventive measures.
ISO 45001
can help them manage their OH&S risks and improve their OH&S
performance by developing and implementing effective policies and objectives.
Key potential benefits from the quality include:
· Reduction of workplace incidents
· Reduced absenteeism and staff
turnover, resulting in increased productivity
· Reduced cost of insurance premiums
· Creation of a health and safety
culture, whereby employees are encouraged to require a full of life role in
their OH&S
· Reinforced leadership commitment to
proactively improve OH&S performance
Ability to
satisfy legal and regulatory requirements an organization is accountable for
the occupational health and safety of workers et al. that are often laid low
with its activities. This responsibility includes promoting and protecting
their physical and mental state.
The adoption
of an OH&S management system is meant to enable a company to produce safe
and healthy workplaces, prevent work-related injury and ill-health, and
continually improve its OH&S performance.
When these
measures are applied by the organization through its OH&S management
system, they improve its OH&S performance. An OH&S management
system may be simpler and efficient when taking early action to handle
opportunities for improvement of OH&S performance.
Implementing an OH&S management system
conforming to the current document enables a company to manage its OH&S
risks and improve its OH&S performance. An OH&S management system can
assist a corporation to meet its legal requirements and other requirements.
Success
factors:
The implementation of an OH&S management
system may be a strategic and operational decision for a corporation. The
success of the OH&S management system depends on leadership, commitment,
and participation from all levels and functions of the organization.
The
implementation and maintenance of an OH&S management system, its ability to
attain its intended outcomes are addicted to key factors, which include:
· Top management leadership, commitment,
responsibilities and, accountability.
· Top management leading and promoting a culture within the organization that supports the intended outcomes of the OH&S management system.
· Communication
· Consultation and participation of
workers and where they exist workers representative.
· Allocation of the mandatory resources
to take care of it.
· Effective process for identifying
hazards, controlling OH&S risks and, taking advantage of OH&S
opportunities.
Demonstration
of successful implementation of this documentation will be utilized by a
company to offer assurance to workers and other interested parties that an
efficient OH&S management system is in situ. Adoption of this document,
however, won't in itself guarantee the prevention of work-related injury and
pathological state to workers, provision of safe and workplaces and, improved
OH&S performance.
The level of
detail, the extent of documented information and, the resources needed to make
sure the success of an organization's OH&S management system will rely upon
several factors.
· The organization's context
· The scope of the organization's OH&S management system
· The nature of the organization's
activities and also the related OH&S risks. Top of Form