The Occupational Health and Safety management system (ISO 45001:2018) is for health and safety in an industry. There are 10 clauses in this standard as per the ISO 9001:2015 standard. The first 3 clauses provide the background of the standard. The remaining 7 clauses deliver the requirements of the ISO 45001:2018 standard.
This standard is based on the high-level structure. It integrates with other management systems with the same structure, such as ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System).
ISO 45001 Clauses & Requirements:
The ISO 45001 standard has 7 main clauses, 4 to 10, all of which follow the PDCA model.
ISO 45001 Clauses list:
- Clause 1: Scope
- Clause 2: Normative reference
- Clause 3: Terms and definitions
- Clause 4: Context of the organization
- Clause 5: Leadership and worker participation
- Clause 6: Planning
- Clause 7: Support
- Clause 8: Operation
- Clause 9: Performance evaluation
- Clause 10: Improvement
ISO 45001 clauses and subclauses:
Clause 1: Scope
Clause 2: Normative references
Clause 3: Terms and definitions
Clause 4: Context of the organization
Clause No. 4 has 4 subclauses:
- 4.1 Understanding the organization and its context
- 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties
- 4.3 Determining the scope of the Occupational Health & Safety management system
- 4.4 OH & S management system
Clause 5: Leadership and worker participation
Clause No. 5 has 4 sub-clauses :
- 5.1 Leadership and Commitment
- 5.2 OH & S policy
- 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
- 5.4 Consultation and participation of workers
Clause 6: Planning
Clause No. 6 has 2 sub-clauses:
6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities
- 6.1.1 General
- 6.1.2 Hazard identification and assessment of risks and opportunities (HIRA)
- 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 actions to achieve OH & S objectives
Clause 7: Support
Clause No. 7 has 5 sub-clauses:
- 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: Operation
Clause No. 8 has 2 sub-clauses:
8.1 Operational planning and control
- 8.1.1 General
- 8.1.2 Eliminating Hazards and reducing OH & S risks
- 8.1.3 Management of change
- 8.1.4 Procurement
8.2 Emergency preparedness and response
Clause 9: Performance evaluation
Clause No. 9 has 3 sub-clauses:
9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and 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 (MRM)
Clause 10: Improvement
Clause No.10 has 3 sub-clauses:
10.1 General
10.2 Incident, nonconformity and corrective actions
10.3 Continual improvement
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