ISO 45001 Clauses | Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S)

ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety(OH&S) management system standard consists of 10 clauses. The first three clauses (1 to 3) provide a background to the standard, and seven main clauses (4 to 10) describe the ISO 45001 requirements.

ISO 45001 standard is based on the high-level structure (HLS) and integrates with other management systems where the structure is the same, such as ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management System), and ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System).

ISO 45001 Clauses

Clause 1: Scope

Clause 2: Normative references

Clause 3: Terms and definitions

ISO 45001 Clauses | Occupational Health & Safety Requirements

The seven mandatory clauses of ISO 45001 standard are: clauses 4 to 10.  All these clauses are arranged according to the PDCA model.

ISO 45001 Clause 4: Context of the organization

ISO 45001 clause 4 has four sub-clause- 4.1,4.2,4.3, and 4.4

• 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 OH&S management system
• 4.4 OH&S management system

ISO 45001 Clause 5: Leadership and worker participation

ISO 45001 clause 5 has four sub-clauses- 5.1,5.2,5.3, and 5.4

• 5.1 Leadership and Commitment
• 5.2 OH&S policy
• 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities, and authorities
• 5.4 Consultation and participation of workers

ISO 45001 Clause 6: Planning

ISO 45001 clause 6 has two sub-clauses- 6.1 and 6.2

• 6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities
  • 6.1.1 General
  • 6.1.2 Hazard identification and assessment of risks and opportunities
  • 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

ISO 45001 Clause 7: Support

ISO 45001 clause 7 has five sub-clauses- 7.1,7.2,7.3,7.4 and 7.5

• 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

ISO 45001 Clause 8: Operation

ISO 45001 clause 8 has two sub-clauses- 8.1 and 8.2

• 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

ISO 45001 Clause 9: Performance evaluation

ISO 45001 clause 9 has three sub-clause- 9.1,9.2, and 9.3

• 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

ISO 45001 Clause 10: Improvement

ISO 45001 clause 10 has three sub-clause- 10.1,10.2, and 10.3

• 10.1 General
• 10.2 Incident, nonconformity, and corrective actions
• 10.3 Continual improvement

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