# 05 - Historical Background and standard development timeline for ISO 45001:2018

Historical Background and standard development timeline for ISO 45001:2018

Timeline for the development of ISO 45001:2018 standard was as under:

- Development of standard proposed on 25 October 2013
- Formation of ISO Committee ISO/PC 283 in 2013
- ISO/PC 283 completed its first meeting in London, UK, hosted by the British Standards Institution, BSI on 28 October 2013
- Experts from 70 countries contributed to drafting process
- ISO/PC 283 produced the Committee Draft of ISO 45001 on 7 April 2014
- ISO/CD 45001 released for ballot on 20 July 2014
- Ballot on ISO/CD 45001 closed on 20 October 2014
- First draft of ISO/CD 45001 failed to gain sufficient approval from ISO members
- Second draft of ISO/CD 45001 revised and approved to move to DIS stage on 05 June 2015
- ISO/PC 283 started review on comments received on second draft of ISO/CD 45001 on 6 July 2015
- ISO/PC 283 and WG 1 meeting - More than 100 experts from 30 ISO member bodies and 10 liaison organizations met during 21-25 September 2015 at ILO premises in Geneva to progress with the ISO/DIS 45001.
- Ballot (including commenting) on ISO/DIS 45001 started on 12 February 2016 and closed on 12 May 2016
- ISO/PC 283 and WG 1 meeting - 110 experts from 29 ISO member bodies and 9 liaison organizations met in Mississauga, Canada during 6-10 June 2016 to progress the work on developing ISO 45001
- A separate task group met to prepare an interim draft on 16 September 2016 for next working group meeting
- Working group ISO/PC 283 WG1 met in Klaipeda, Lithuania to continue review of the comments received on ISO/DIS 45001 on 17 November 2016, but failed to complete the task.
- Working group ISO/PC 283 WG 1 met in February 2017 and completed preparation of second draft of ISO/DIS 45001
- Second draft of ISO/DIS 45001 sent to national standard bodies for translations on 20 March 2017
- Ballot on second draft of ISO/DIS 45001 started on 19 May 2017
- ISO/DIS 45001 approved on 15 July 2017 (27 votes of approval, 7 votes of disapproval and 8 abstentions)
- ISO/PC 283 and its working group WG1 met in Melaka, Malaysia during 18-23 September 2017 and agreed to go forward to FDIS stage
- FDIS ballot started on 30 November 2017 and closed on 25 January 2018
- FDIS ballot received 62 votes of approval out of 75 votes in which 9 were abstentions and 4 votes of disapproval - 27 January 2018
- ISO 45001:2018 standard published on 12 March 2018

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the largest developer and publisher of international standard. It is an independent, non-governmental membership organization, having a membership of 161 member countries (as on 15 March 2018). Standard development work in ISO is done by ISO Technical Committee comprising experts nominated by their standards body or liaison organization. ISO/PC 283 is the project committee (PC) that is responsible for the development of ISO 45001 standard.

ISO 45001:2018, Occupational health and safety management systems - Requirements with guidance for use, is the first edition of this standard that has been published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on 12 March 2018.

Please note -
The document ISO 45001:2018 standard is a copyright publication of 'International Organization for Standardization' (ISO) that can be obtained from ISO headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland) or from the national standards organization member of ISO.

Courtesy Source:
- ISO 45001:2018
- ISOfocus #127
- ISO Website
- ISO/PC 283 Website
- Wikipedia Website

- Keshav Ram Singhal