ISO 45001:2018
ISO 45001:2018
ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System
The Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standard of the new Occupational Health and Safety Standard (ISO 45001), which aims to reduce occupational accidents by improving health and safety conditions in workplaces, was published on 30 November 2017 and was accepted by vote on 25 January 2018. ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Standard is expected to be published in the first quarter of 2018. There will be a three-year transition period after the standard is published. OHSAS was an occupational health and safety management system prepared by the UK Standards Authority, recognized by ISO (International Standards Organization) and accepted to this day. However, ISO began to develop the ISO 45001 standard in order to integrate it with basic management systems such as the new generation ISO 9001 and the demands for a joint occupational safety standard prepared by itself and many countries.
ISO 45001 was prepared in accordance with the new system created by ISO for quality systems. The standard, which is called Annex SL and consists of 10 articles in accordance with the structure that forms the framework of quality systems, is compatible with other quality systems.
The World Labor Organization (ILO) reports that every 15 seconds an employee dies as a result of a work accident or occupational disease. It is extremely critical that a standard model be implemented all over the world to quickly improve this bad statistics. With the ISO 45001 standard, it is aimed to increase the level of occupational health and safety by developing mandatory policies, targets and processes in workplaces. With this standard, it will be necessary to identify hazards and risks in each workplace and prepare plans to eliminate them appropriately or reduce them to a reasonable level. In the new standard, personnel are expected to take a more active role in such studies and help identify various hazards.
ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System contains many elements, which will provide various advantages to institutions. Naturally, accident costs of businesses will decrease, possible delays and stoppages will be prevented, and significant improvements will be achieved in insurance costs, absenteeism and personnel turnover rates.
ISO 45001 will provide you with the following benefits;
- Increasing organizational resilience through proactive risk prevention and continuous improvement of OH&S performance
- Strengthening legal and regulatory compliance
- Prove your social responsibility awareness by demonstrating your commitment to safe, healthy and sustainable operation
- Creating a better working environment for your employees and minimizing work accidents
- To ensure that obstacles encountered in exports are minimized
- Increases employee participation and motivation,
- It ensures that they work in a comfortable and safe environment by protecting them from accidents caused by adverse working conditions in the workplace,
- It ensures the early detection of possible dangers that may result in harm and the necessary precautions to be taken
Protecting your brand and corporate reputation