The rate of workplace related deaths is very high. The burden of occupational injuries and diseases is significant, both for employers and the wider economy, resulting in losses from early retirements, staff absence and rising insurance premiums. To combat this problem, ISO has developed a new standard, ISO 45001 (Requirements for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems), helping organizations reduce this burden by providing a framework to improve employee safety, reduce workplace risks and create better, safer working conditions, all over the world.
With this standard (which replaces OHSAS 18000), organizations are able to show their customers, workers, regulators and the community that they proactively and systematically manage the health and safety of their workers. It also helps organizations to provide a safe and healthy workplace, preventing deaths, work-related injuries and illness as well as continually improving OH&S performance.
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Legal and other requirements repository
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Risks and hazards monitoring
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Incident report and investigation
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Objectives and targets monitoring
Main Benefits
Increases organizational resilience through proactive risk prevention, innovation and continual improvement.
Strengthens legal and regulatory compliance while reducing business losses.
Demonstrates brand responsibility by committing to safe, healthy and sustainable work.
Provides one global occupational health and safety system for all businesses, of all sizes.
Develops and implements OH&S policy and OH&S objectives.
Establishes operational controls to manage OH&S risks along with legal and other requirements.
Evaluates OH&S performance, in an effort to improve it by taking appropriate actions.
Ensures workers take an active role in OH&S matters.
Reduces the overall costs of incidents.
Reduces downtime and the costs of disruption to operations.
Reduces the cost of insurance premiums.
Reduces absenteeism and employee turnover rates.
