#ISO 45001 ISO#
In principle, the members of the French standardization commission were hostile to the prospect of standardizing OH&S issues and preferred placing their faith in hard law to govern OH&S practices.” However, the OHSAS standard was starting to show its age: “Many companies wanted to take an integrated approach by combining their OH&S, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems. She explains why the new ISO standard was so late in the making: “ The reason why there hasn’t been an ISO standard until now is that a number of countries, including France, were against it. Project Manager Florence Saillet oversaw the standard’s conception within the International Organization for Standardization on behalf of AFNOR. As for the other two members of the QSE triangle, Quality (Q) and the Environment (E) were given the ISO treatment back in 1987 ( ISO 9001) and 1996 ( ISO 14001) respectively! Safety (S) is only now evolving into an ISO standard, which was released in 2018. This event is somewhat of a latecomer on the standardization scene. The occupational health and safety (OH&S) world will be witness to a groundbreaking event on 1 October 2021 as the British OHSAS 18001 standard permanently enters the history books and passes the baton over to the internationally recognized ISO 45001 voluntary standard.
Read on for an overview of the migration process, how companies are adapting, the feedback received and the prospect of an early revision. This occupational health and safety management system focuses on giving employees a leading role. The British OHSAS 18001 standard bid farewell on 30 September 2021, leaving the door open for the new ISO 45001voluntary standard.