ISO 45001: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Management Systems
What are the main benefits for your company when applying this regulation?
ISO 45001 focuses on the implementation of occupational safety and health (OSH) management systems. This international standard covers all the necessary requirements that your company or organization must have to ensure that it provides safe employment.
Through this management system you will be able to identify and minimize the risks of accidents or illnesses, providing a safe and pleasant working environment for your workers.
To meet the requirements of ISO 45001 you need to know what benefits you will gain by implementing and certifying this standard related to the health and safety of your employees.
The most outstanding benefits of this standard that you can achieve by implementing it are:
AVOIDING RISKS
The identification of potential occupational hazards provides your company and your employees with better conditions for the development of their activities.
PREVENT ACCIDENTS
Reducing the frequency of work-related incidents is the most important thing, both for your company and for your workers, without health and safety your company cannot function at its best. In addition, accidents can result in extra expense and even a fine or closure.
PARTICIPATION OF THE ENTIRE TEAM
By implementing an OSH Management System that enables the improvement of the safety and health of your workers, you stimulate the participation of all employees, not just the implementing team, leading to a higher level of commitment and trust in your company.
HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY
The maximum benefits that you can get from ISO 45001, and that it gives you to stay in a safe working environment, is to maximize the level of improvement and increase productivity.
LOWER ABSENTEEISM
The absence of your personnel due to accidents or illness is considerably reduced.
HOW DOES ISO 45001 IMPROVE THE SUPPLY CHAIN?
A supply chain is effective when each of its links has the capacity to deliver quality products or services to the next stage, continuously and without interruption.
Quality and continuity are essential to consider the success of a supply chain, but this cannot be achieved without its personnel having all the safety measures in place to take care of their physical and health integrity.
An important point highlighted by ISO 45001 is that you must also consider the emotional protection of your employees, as this has been shown to directly affect their job performance.
Success in supply chain companies is guaranteed by implementing standards that aim not only to achieve quality, but also well-being at work through an OSH Management System.
Most companies are aware that it is not enough to implement a generic one-size-fits-all safety and health program, it is essential that you carry out an effective methodology and that you are aware of the specific risks that could affect the operation of your company. .
As mentioned above, this regulation demands requirements with the objective of allowing your company to have a safe and healthy work environment, and to have the best possible conditions; resulting in the growth and development you desire.
PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING A HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR YOUR COMPANY
It is worth mentioning that the current version of this standard is ISO 45001: 2018 , as previous versions are no longer applicable to any company or organization.
In general terms, to start the process of implementing your OSH Management System based on ISO 45001 , you can be guided by the following stages:
- Information gathering
- Documentation
- Training of personnel
- Implementation of the OSH management system
- Internal review or audit
- Management review
Once these steps have been completed, the Certification process follows, which must be carried out by a Certification Body.
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