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ISO DIS 45001Major Clauses & Explanations

9001, 14001,45001, 15189

View the Major Clauses from the

New ISO DIS 45001 Draft

International Standard to Get

Prepared For the NEW Standard

Due in October 2016.

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Contents

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Page 3: Context of the Organisation

Page 4 - 6: Leadership and Worker Participation

Page 7 - 11: Planning

Page 12- 14: Support

Page 15 -16: Operation

Page 17 19: Performance Evaluation

Page 20 21: Improvement

The draft of the new international OH&S standard, ISO 45001 has been published and it open for public comment.

Although the draft will likely undergo a number of changes before it is scheduled to be published in October 2016, it provides some insight into what to expect and some key ideas on how to prepare.

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Clause 4: Context of the Organisation

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The organization

will have to

consider all

internal and

external issues

relevant to its

OH&S

Management

System.

This clause

emphasises the

workers and

interested parties

and their needs

and expectations.

4.1: Understanding the Organisation and its Context:

The organisation shall determine external and internal issues that are relevant to its purpose and that affect its ability to achieve the intended outcome(s) of its OH&S management system.

4.2: Understanding the Needs and Expectations of Interested Parties

The organisation shall determine:

a) The other interested parties, in addition to its workers, that are relevant to theOH&S management system;

b) The relevant needs and expectations (i.e. requirements) of workers and theseother interested parties;

c) Which of these needs and expectations become applicable legal requirements andother requirements.

4.3: Determining the Scope of the OH&S Management System

The organization shall determine the boundaries and applicability of the OH&Smanagement system to establish its scope.

When determining this scope, the organization shall consider :

a) Consider the external and internal issues referred to in 4.1;

b) Take into account the requirements referred to in 4.2;

c) Take into account the work related activities performed.

Once the scope is defined, the OH&S management system shall include activities, productsand services within the organizations control or influence that can impact theorganizations OH&S performance.

The scope shall be available as documented information.

4.4 OH&S Management System

The organization shall establish, implement, maintain and continually improve an OH&Smanagement system, including the processes needed and their interactions, in accordancewith the requirements of this International Standard.

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Clause 5: Leadership and Worker Participation

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Clause 5 includes

participation and

consultation.

Compared to

OHSAS 18001, it

elaborates in

greater detail on

what this process

should look like.

By adding what

the process

should look like to

the leadership

section, it

emphasises the

responsibility of

top management

for the process.

5.1 Leadership and Commitment:

Top management shall demonstrate leadership and commitment with respect to the OH&S management system by:

a) Taking overall responsibility and accountability for the protection of workerswork-related health and safety.

b) Ensuring that the OH&S policy and related OH&S objectives are established andare compatible with the strategic direction of the organization.

c) Ensuring the integration of the OH&S management system processes andrequirements into the organizations business processes;

d) Ensuring that the resources needed for to establish, implement, maintain andimprove the OH&S management system are available;

e) Ensuring active participation of workers, and where they exist, workersrepresentatives, using consultation and the identification and removal ofobstacles or barriers to participation;

f) Communicating the importance of effective OH&S management and ofconforming to the OH&S management system requirements.

g) Ensuring that the OH&S management system achieves its intended outcome(s);

h) Directing and supporting persons to contribute to the effectiveness of the OH&Smanagement system

i) Ensuring and promoting continual improvement of the OH&S managementsystem to improve OH&S performance by systematically identifying and takingactions to address nonconformities, opportunities, and work related hazards andrisks, including system deficiencies;

j) Supporting other relevant management roles to demonstrate their leadership asit applies to their areas of responsibility;

k) Developing, leading and promoting a culture in the organization that supports theOH&S management system.

NOTE: Reference to business in this International Standard can be interpreted broadly tomean those activities that are core to the purposes of the organizations existence.

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Clause 5: Leadership and Worker Participation

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5.2 Leadership and Commitment:

Top management shall establish, implement and maintain an OH&S policy in consultationwith workers at all levels of the organization (see 5.3 and 5.4) that

a) Includes a commitment to provide safe and healthy working conditions for theprevention of work-related injury and ill health and is appropriate to the purpose,the size and context of the organization and to the specific nature of its OH&Srisks and OH&S opportunities;

b) Provides a framework for setting the OH&S objectives.

c) Includes a commitment to satisfy applicable legal requirements and otherrequirements;

d) Includes a commitment to the control of OH&S risks using the hierarchy ofcontrols (see 8.1.2);

e) Includes a commitment to continual improvement of the OH&S managementsystem (see 10.2) to enhance the organizations OH&S performance;

f) Includes a commitment to participation, i.e. the involvement of workers, andwhere they exist, workers representatives, in the decision-making processes inthe OH&S management system .

The OH&S policy shall:

Be available as documented information;

Be communicated to workers within the organization;

Be available to interested parties, as appropriate;

Be reviewed periodically to ensure that it remains relevant and appropriate.

5.3 Organisational Roles, Responsibilities, Accountabilities and Authorities:

Top management shall ensure that the responsibilities, accountabilities and authorities forrelevant roles within the OH&S management system are assigned and communicated at alllevels within the organization and maintained as documented information. Workers ateach level of the organization shall assume responsibility for those aspects of OH&Smanagement system over which they have control.

Top management shall assign the responsibility and authority for:

a) Ensuring that the OH&S management system conforms to the requirements ofthis International Standard

b) Reporting on the performance of the OH&S management system to topmanagement.

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Clause 5: Leadership and Worker Participation

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A.5.4:

Removing barriers to

participation, or

reducing them to a

minimum when

removal is not

possible, is essential

if the OH&S

management system

is to be effective.

Feedback in the

OH&S management

system is dependent

upon worker

participation. The

organisation should

ensure workers at all

levels are

encouraged to report

hazardous situations,

so that preventive

measures can be put

in place and

corrective action

taken.

EQMS Audit Manager

is used to support

workers to quickly

escalate issues.

5.4 Participation and Consultation: