#09 - Contents of ISO 45001:2018 standard in brief

# 09
Contents of ISO 45001:2018 standard in brief

ISO 45001:2018 OH&S standard conforms to the high level structure requirements for management system standards including similar core context, common terms and core definitions. ISO's high level structure (HLS), introduced in July 2012, is a set of 10 clauses that all management system standards are required to use. The intention behind using the common high level structure is to benefit user organizations that implement multiple ISO management system standard.

ISO 45001:2018 OH&S standard does not include requirements specific to other management systems, such as QMS, SR, EMS, security or financial management, however elements of ISO 45001:2018 OH&S standard can be aligned / integrated with elements of other management system standards, such as ISO 9001:2015 QMS, ISO 14001:2015 EMS etc.

ISO 45001:2018 OH&S standard contains requirements (necessary conditions, needs, expectations). This standard can be used by any organization : (i) wish to implement occupational health and safety management, and (ii) to assess conformity of organization's OH&S management system with ISO 45001:2018 OH&S standard.

An organization that wishes to demonstrate conformity to ISO 45001:2018 OH&S standard can do so by:
- making a self-determination and self-declaration,
- seeking confirmation of ISO 45001:2018 standard's conformity by interested parties, such as customers,
- seeking confirmation of organization's self-declaration by a party external to the organization, such as third party auditors,
- seeking certification or registration of organization's OH&S management system by an external organization, such as a certification body.

Clause-wise details of the standard are as under:

Clause 1 deals with scope

ISO 45001:2018 OH&S standard specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety management system. Requirements are generic and applicable to any organization regardless of its type, size and activities.

Clause 2 deals with normative reference

No normative reference document is mentioned in this clause.

Clause 3 deals with terms and definitions

This clause deals with terms and definitions that apply to ISO 45001:2018 standard. Terminological database used in the standard are available at the online browsing platform of ISO website or IEC Electropedia website.

This clause also provide definitions of following terms: organization (3.1), interested party / stakeholder (3.2), worker (3.3), participation (3.4), consultation (3.5), workplace (3.6), contractor (3.7), requirement (3.8), legal requirements and other requirements (3.9), management system (3.10), occupational health and safety management system (3.11), top management (3.12), effectiveness (3.13), policy (3.14), occupational health and safety policy (3.15), objective (3.16), occupational health and safety objective (3.17), injury and ill health (3.18), hazard (3.19), risk (3.20), occupational health and safety risk (3.21), occupational health and safety opportunity (3.22), competence (3.23), documented information (3.24), process (3.25), procedure (3.26), performance (3.27), occupational health and safety performance (3.28), outsource (3.29), monitoring (3.30), measurement (3.31), audit (3.32), conformity (3.33), nonconformity (3.34), incident (3.35), corrective action (3.36), and continual improvement (3.37).

Clauses 4 to 10 deal with requirements of OH&S management system

Clause 4 - Context of the organization

This clause deals with understanding of organization and its context, needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties, determining the scope of the OH&S management system and establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving the OH&S management system including the processes and their interactions.

4.1 - Understanding the organization and its context
4.2 - Understanding the needs and expectations of workers andother interested parties
4.3 - Determining the scope of the OH&S management system
4.4 - OH&S management system

Clause 5 - Leadership

This clause deals with the requirements for the top management that describe what their roles should be for leadership, commitment, OH&S policy, responsibilities, authorities including consultation and participation of workers.

5.1 - Leadership and commitment
5.2 - OH&S policy
5.3 - Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
5.4 - Consultation and participation ofworkers

Clause 6 - Planning

This clause deals with the requirements related to risks and opportunities, OH&S objectives, and planning to achieve objectives. This clause includes risk-based thinking in the OH&S management system. This clause is the part of 'Plan' of PDCA cycle.

6.1 - Actions to address risks and opportunities (6.1.1 - General, 6.1.2 - Hazard identification and assessment of risks and opportunities, 6.1.2.1 - Hazard identification, 6.1.2.2 - Assessment of OH&S risks and other risks to the OH&S management system, 6.1.2.3 - Assessment of OH&S opportunities and other opportunities for the OH&S management system, 6.1.3 - Determination of legal requirements and other requirements, 6.1.4 - Planning action)
6.2 - OH&S objectives and planning to achieve them (6.2.1 - OH&S objectives, 6.2.2 - Planning to achieve OH&S objectives)

Clause 7 - Support

Resources needed for the OH&S management system and to be provided is the subject matter of this clause. This clause also deal with the requirements of documented information, what and how need to maintain and retain. This clause is the part of 'Plan' of PDCA.

7.1- Resources
7.2 - Competence
7.3 - Awareness
7.4 - Communication (7.4.1 - General, 7.4.2 - Internal communication, 7.4.3 - External communication)
7.5 - Documented information (7.5.1 - General, 7.5.2 - Creating and updating, 7.5.3 - Control of documented information)

Clause 8 - Support

Doing is described in this clause that relates to organizational operation processes. This clause is the part of 'Do' of PDCA cycle.

8.1.- Operational planning and control (8.1.1 - General, Eliminating hazards and reducing OH&S risks, 8.1.3 - Management of change, 8.1.4 - Procurement, 8.1.4.1 - General, 8.1.4.2 - Contractors, 8.1.4.3 - Outsourcing)
8.2 - Emergency preparedness and response

Clause 9 - Performance evaluation

This clause deals with the requirements of monitoring, measurement, analysis and performance evaluation including internal audit, management review. This clause ispart of 'Check' of PDCA cycle.

9.1 - Monitoring, measurement, analysis and performance evaluation (9.1.1 - General, 9.1.2 - Evaluation of compliance)
9.2 - Internal audit (9.2.1 - General, 9.2.2 - Internal audit programme)
9.3 - Management review

Clause 10 - Improvement

This clause deals with requirements of incidents, nonconformity, corrective action and continual improvement. This clause is part of 'Act' of PDCA cycle.

10.1 - General
10.2 - Incident, nonconformity and corrective action
10.3 - Continual improvement

Annex A

Annexe A is informative and provides guidance on the use of ISO 45001:2018 standard.

Bibliography

Bibliography is provided in this section.

Alphabetical index of terms

In the end alphabetical index of terms used in the standard is provided.

*Courtesy Source*
- ISO 45001:2018
- ISO Website

- Keshav Ram Singhal

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