ISO 45001 is the internationally recognized Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) Management System Standard. It was introduced in March 2018 to replace, and expand upon, the guidelines in the OHSAS 18001 Standard. The Standard sets out the requirements for an organization wishing to ensure a safe and healthy workplace, and to prevent work-related accidents and ill-health. It also includes mechanisms that will enable an organization to meet its Health & Safety obligations.

An ISO 45001 conformance is an excellent way of demonstrating your commitment to the welfare of your employees, suppliers, and customers. The independent assessment process verifies that your organization has implemented a structured Occupational Health and Safety management system, increasing stakeholder confidence, enhancing your brand, and giving you a competitive advantage. Our experienced consultants can guide you through the ISO 45001 implementation and certification process, producing an OH&S management system for you.

At GB Quality Consult, we spend less time creating complex document trails and more time building Management Systems that work for your business. 

Who needs ISO 45001?

The ISO 45001 standard is suitable for any organization looking to improve H&S risk management, drive productivity and protect its reputation. Whether you run a small business, a large PLC or a government organization, ISO 45001 will make you more efficient by reducing absenteeism and accidents in the workplace.

Using an independent consultancy body like us to assist you with the implementation and certification of your ISO 45001 Management System will ensure you adopt the right processes from the outset and can obtain certification quickly. 

What are the Benefits of ISO 45001?

The benefits of showing conformance to the ISO 45001 standard include:

1. Establish controls to ensure legal compliance – ISO 45001 can help you to establish operational controls which take into account risks and opportunities, as well as legal and other requirements
2. Increase Health and Safety Awareness – the OH&S management system helps organisations to increase employee awareness of Occupational Health and Safety risks, ensuring workers take an active role in health and safety matters
3. Enhance your Reputation –  Achieving certification to this standard is recognition that you have achieved an international benchmark, getting you noticed by customers who are concerned about their social responsibilities
4. Reduce Absenteeism – by better managing H&S risks in the workplace you will be able to protect employees, reducing absenteeism and turnover rates
5. Reduce Insurance Premiums – By demonstrating that you have an effective occupational health and safety management system in place, many businesses can go on to benefit from reduced insurance premiums.
6. Improve Management of H&S Compliance Issues – ISO 45001 helps to improve your ability to respond to regulatory compliance issues, reducing the overall costs of incidents and downtime
7. Better Manage Health and Safety Risks – the standard will help you to determine hazards and the health and safety risks associated with your activities; seeking to either eliminate them or put controls in place to minimize their effect.

ISO 45001:2018

ISO 45001:2018 specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, and gives guidance for its use, to enable organizations to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as well as by proactively improving its OH&S performance. ISO 45001:2018 enables an organization, through its OH&S management system, to integrate other aspects of health and safety, such as worker wellness/wellbeing.

Implementing the standard’s compliant management system will quickly help you reduce risks to your organization. It includes processes for identifying hazards and establishing emergency procedures. Making your organization a safer place to work is good for productivity because it leads to fewer disruptive incidents and it also helps to raise employee morale. While the flexible nature of the ISO 45001 Management System will help to ensure you can adapt to future changes in legislation.