What is ISO 45001?
It is the new Occupational Health & Safety Management System Standard coming up from ISO. It is based on OHSAS 18001 – the internationally recognized and adopted British Standard for Occupational Health & Safety.
It is the new Occupational Health & Safety Management System Standard coming up from ISO. It is based on OHSAS 18001 – the internationally recognized and adopted British Standard for Occupational Health & Safety.
The new standard is expected to release in October 2016. The first working draft was already created.
Though British Standard OHSAS 18001 was existing and was adopted by many countries, there was a need of an International Standard on occupational health and safety. Alarming global statistics of work related accidents and ever increasing need for organizations to be responsible and ethical about safety of employees is testimony. New standard will have following benefits: