How important is OH&S management?
The World Health Organization estimates that every year, around 2 million people die from work related causes – either accidents, or work-related disease. Aside from the toll in human misery, it makes business sense to tackle occupational health and safety (OH&S) systematically. As well as the risk of regulatory penalties, poor OH&S leads to a litany of problems from disruption, downtime and extra costs to poor morale and a high staff turnover.
Conversely, organizations that adopt best practice in OH&S have a lot to gain, including lower insurance premiums and a more motivated and productive workforce. OH&S is also a component of social responsibility, so formal OH&S management is a way to demonstrate your organization’s commitment to the ESG agenda and UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages.
Why should you use this Solution Pack?
This suite of standards gives you comprehensive access to internationally recognized best practice in occupational health and safety management. It gives organizations a systematic approach to providing a safe and healthy workplace that will reduce the likelihood of accidents and illness among a workforce, and over time continue to improve OH&S performance. It also supplies a framework that will help the organization ensure that legal and other regulatory requirements are being met.
What’s included in this Solution Pack?
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BS EN ISO 45001:2023 provides the necessary requirements and guidance to implement an Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OH&SMS).
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PD ISO 45001:2018 Handbook gives simple explanations and practical examples and guidance for SMEs on how to create a safe and healthy workplace, noting that SMEs are disproportionately affected by OH&S incidents.
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BS 45002:2023 is the new international guidance document is designed to help organizations implement BS ISO 45001. It gives guidance on how to ensure that the specific needs of different individuals and groups of workers are addressed.
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BS 45002-1:2018 gives in depth guidelines on managing occupational health. This was developed by UK experts directly involved in writing ISO 45001 and in collaboration with experts from the UK’s regulator, the Health and Safety Executive. This is useful both to smaller organizations who are working towards full compliance with ISO 45001, and larger organizations where health has historically been less well managed than safety.
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BS 45002-2:2019 gives in-depth guidance on how to identify and manage your own organization’s risks and opportunities in line with ISO 45001 requirements, along with additional illustrative examples.
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BS 45002-3:2018 supplies guidance on how to implement an accident or incident investigation process based on ISO 45001 so that investigations are rigorous and effective.
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BS ISO 45003:2021 importantly, gives up-to-date guidelines on managing psychosocial risks within an ISO 45001 management system, helping promote well-being at work. Workplaces that promote mental health and support people with mental disorders are more likely to reduce absenteeism, increase productivity and benefit from associated economic gains.
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PD ISO/PAS 45005:2020 provides authoritative guidance on working safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who is this Solution Pack for?
Any organization, regardless of its size, type and activities that wants to:
- Establish, implement and maintain an OH&S management system to improve occupational health and safety, eliminate or minimize OH&S risks (including system deficiencies), take advantage of OH&S opportunities, and address OH&S management system nonconformities associated with its activities
- Continually improve its OH&S performance and the achievement of its OH&S objectives
- Assure itself of conformity with its OH&S policy
- Demonstrate conformity with the requirements of the standard
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