ISO 45001:2018
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What are the advantages of the ISO 45001:
ISO 45001:2018 specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, and gives guidance for its use, to enable organizations to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as well as by proactively improving its OH&S performance.
ISO 45001:2018 is applicable to any organization that wishes to establish, implement and maintain an OH&S management system to improve occupational health and safety, eliminate hazards and minimize OH&S risks (including system deficiencies), take advantage of OH&S opportunities, and address OH&S management system nonconformities associated with its activities.
ISO 45001:2018 helps an organization to achieve the intended outcomes of its OH&S management system.
Consistent with the organization's OH&S policy, the intended outcomes of an OH&S management system include:
a) continual improvement of OH&S performance;
b) fulfilment of legal requirements and other requirements;
c) achievement of OH&S objectives.
ISO 45001:2018 is applicable to any organization regardless of its size, type and activities. It is applicable to the OH&S risks under the organization's control, taking into account factors such as the context in which the organization operates and the needs and expectations of its workers and other interested parties.
ISO 45001:2018 does not state specific criteria for OH&S performance, nor is it prescriptive about the design of an OH&S management system.
ISO 45001:2018 enables an organization, through its OH&S management system, to integrate other aspects of health and safety, such as worker wellness/wellbeing.
ISO 45001:2018 does not address issues such as product safety, property damage or environmental impacts, beyond the risks to workers and other relevant interested parties.
ISO 45001:2018 can be used in whole or in part to systematically improve occupational health and safety management. However, claims of conformity to this document are not acceptable unless all its requirements are incorporated into an organization's OH&S management system and fulfilled without exclusion.
ISO 45002
This document provides
guidance on the management of psychosocial risks and promoting well-being at
work, as part of an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management
system.
This document is
intended to be used together with ISO 45001, which contains requirements and guidance on planning,
implementing, reviewing, evaluating and improving an OH&S management
system. ISO 45001 highlights that the organization is responsible for the
OH&S of workers and others who can be affected by its activities. This
responsibility includes promoting and protecting their physical and
psychological health.
The aim and intended
outcomes of the OH&S management system are therefore to prevent
work-related injury and ill health to workers, and to provide safe and healthy
workplaces. Consequently, it is critically important for the organization to
eliminate hazards and minimize OH&S risks by taking effective preventive
and protective measures, which include measures to manage psychosocial risks.
Psychosocial hazards are increasingly recognized as major challenges to health,
safety and well-being at work.
Psychosocial hazards
relate to how work is organized, social factors at work and aspects of the work
environment, equipment and hazardous tasks. Psychosocial hazards can be present
in all organizations and sectors, and from all kinds of work tasks, equipment
and employment arrangements.
Psychosocial hazards can
occur in combination with one another and can influence and be influenced by
other hazards. Psychosocial risk relates to the potential of these types of
hazards to cause several types of outcomes on individual health, safety and
well-being and on organizational performance and sustainability. It is
important that psychosocial risks are managed in a manner consistent with other
OH&S risks, through an OH&S management system, and integrated into the
organization’s broader business processes.
Psychosocial risks
affect both psychological health and safety, and health, safety and well-being
at work more broadly. Psychosocial risks are also associated with economic
costs to organizations and society.
There are a range of
terms that are used in relation to what psychosocial risks affect, including
“psychological health” and “mental health”. These terms are considered
interchangeable and to have the same meaning for the purposes of this document.
This document is concerned with all types of impacts on health, safety and
well-being at work.
Negative outcomes for
workers can include poor health and associated conditions (e.g. cardiovascular
disease, musculoskeletal disorders, diabetes, anxiety, depression, sleep
disorders) and associated poor health behaviours (e.g. substance misuse,
unhealthy eating), as well as reduced job satisfaction, commitment and
productivity. Managing psychosocial risks can result in positive outcomes,
including improved job satisfaction and increased productivity.
Although numerous
factors can determine the nature and severity of outcomes of psychosocial
risks, organizations have a significant role to play in eliminating hazards or
minimizing risks. Both the organization and workers have a shared
responsibility for maintaining and improving health, safety and well-being at
work.
For the organization,
the impact of psychosocial risks includes increased costs due to absence from
work, turnover, reduced product or service quality, recruitment and training,
workplace investigations and litigation, as well as damage to the
organization’s reputation.
Effective management of
psychosocial risk can lead to benefits such as improved worker engagement,
enhanced productivity, increased innovation and organizational sustainability.
This document outlines
examples of psychosocial hazards arising from work organization, social factors
and work environment, equipment and hazardous tasks, as well as a range of
control measures that can be used to eliminate hazards or minimize associated
risks.
Organizations are
responsible for identifying hazards and minimizing the risks associated with them.
The participation of workers, in all stages of the process, is critical to the
success of managing psychosocial risks.
This document also
includes information on what is important for organizations to consider in
relation to raising awareness of psychosocial risks, developing competence in
the management of psychosocial risks, supporting the recovery and return to
work of affected workers, and planning for and responding to emergency
situations.
The success of
psychosocial risk management depends on commitment from all levels and
functions of the organization, especially from top management.
ISO 45003:2021
Occupational health and safety management — Psychological health and safety at work — Guidelines for managing psychosocial risks
This document gives guidelines for managing psychosocial risk within occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system based on ISO 45001. It enables organizations to prevent work-related injury and ill health of their workers and other interested parties, and to promote well-being at work.
It is applicable to organizations of all sizes and in all sectors, for the development, implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of healthy and safe workplaces.
ISO 45004
Occupational health and safety management — Guidelines on performance evaluation
This standard is under development.
The Scope of ISO 45004 is Standardization in the field of occupational health and safety management to enable an organization to control its OH&S risks and improve its OH&S performance.
ISO 45005:2020
Occupational health and safety management — General guidelines for safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic
This document is a
response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased risk this disease presents
to the health, safety, and well-being of people in all settings, including those
working at home or in mobile settings, and workers and other interested parties
in physical workplaces.
Governments, regulators
and other professional bodies across the world have published guidance on
working safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. This document provides a single
generic set of guidelines that complements this information and supports the
principles that:
· — reasonable measures to manage the risks
arising from COVID-19 are, or will be, implemented to protect the health and
safety of workers and other relevant interested parties;
· — workers should not be required to work
unless these measures have been implemented.
This guidance includes
practical recommendations to organizations and workers on how to manage these
risks and is suitable for organizations resuming operations, those that have
been operational throughout the pandemic, and those that are starting
operations.
The guidance is generic
and applicable to organizations regardless of the nature of business, service
provision, size or complexity. It recognizes that many smaller organizations do
not have dedicated departments for functions such as occupational health and
safety (OH&S), facilities management or human resources. More detailed
information for specific functions is available from professional bodies and a
wide range of national and international standards.
ISO 45006
OH&S — Preventing and managing infectious diseases — Guidelines for organizations
ISO45006 is also applicable to organizations of all sizes and sectors.
Note: Applicable legislation and guidance is provided by government, regulators and health authorities for specific infection controls for the protection of workers in clinical settings and other healthcare settings and for work activities on or with pathogenic microorganisms.
This standard is under development.
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