Credit : www.ilo.org Refer ILO-OSH 2001

The ILO-OSH 2001 Safety Management System: An introduction

Key Elements of ILO-OSH 2001:

Policy (Plan) :

Clear statement of commitment to H&S .
Set OSH(Occupational Safety & Health) targets and aim/objective
Worker Consultation & Participation

Organizing (Plan):

The employer should have a framework for overall roles and responsibility for the protection of worker’s H&S ,

Provide leadership at all level for OSH activities in the organization by:
Allocating responsibility and accountability, Competence and Training
OHSMS documentation
Communication

Planning and implementation (Do):

The organization’s existing OHSMS and relevant arrangements should be assessed by an initial review. (Detailed arrangements to manage H&S).

OSH management system should have arrangement :

System planning, development and implementation
Occupational H&S objectives
Risk assessment
Hazard prevention
Control measures
Emergency preparedness and response
Management of Change
Procurement
Contracting.

Evaluation (Check):

Evaluation is a procedures to monitor, measure and record OSH performance on a regular basis .
Evaluation procedure should be developed & established to periodically review the OHSMS.
Examples :
Active Monitoring (Inspection/Audit),
Reactive Monitoring (Investigation),
Performance Monitoring

Responsibility, accountability and authority for monitoring at different levels in the management structure should be allocate for Investigation of work-related injuries, ill health, diseases and incidents, and their impact on H&S performance

Action for improvement (Act)

Arrangements should be established and maintained for any shortcoming(deficiency) in OHSMS and how to take preventive and corrective action ( e.g. CAPA- Corrective and Preventive Action).

Action for improvement emphasis on improvement by :

performance monitoring
measurement
Audits
Management Reviews.

Audit

Audit is an Independent, critical and systematic review of the O&HSMS.
Audit includes:
Arrangements to conduct periodic audits are to be established,
to determine whether the OHSMS and its elements are in place and adequate,
effective in protecting the H&S of workers to preventing incidents,
Identifying & analyzing the root causes of any non-conformities with relevant OSH regulations .