From OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001

Samstag, 30. April 2016 - 17:59

What will the World do with OHSAS 18001 when ISO 45001 is published? (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8319963/8319963-6130997825703542787, Chris J Ward CMIOSH, Committee member at British Standards Institution ISO 45001)

[...] It cannot just be withdrawn immediately. It is written into law or regulation in some countries and this will take time to manage. There is a three year migration period planned to allow organizations to move from OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001 and this migration should not be too difficult for those already implementing OHSAS 18001.
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Read the Draft Standard and more on my website http://www.iso45001assessment.com/
And more on my Linkedin group EHS ISO 45001 https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8319963

In my country (Germany) the change will be very interesting to works councils. Here most employees didn’t have a clue when OHSAS 18001 was implemented in their companies, even though leaving them clueless was not only not compliant with the standard, it also was against the OH&S laws. But now, if the employee representatives learned from that and if they got involved in audititing their employers’ OH&S management system based on OHSAS 18001, they will be better prepared to use the migration form OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001 as an occasion to apply their rights&duties (co-determination) when implementing ISO 45001.


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