Practical occupational health and safety management systems that help protect your people, manage risks and improve workplace performance.
ISO 45001:2018 is an international standard that establishes requirements for an occupational health and safety management system (OH&S MS). Its key elements include planning, implementation, an occupational health and safety policy, checking, management review and the Plan–Do–Check–Act (PDCA) cycle.
The aim is to integrate health and safety management into the organisation's wider business processes, with continual improvement built into the system.
Effective implementation can improve communication and worker awareness, strengthen health and safety performance, and support better emergency planning and response arrangements.
Start by contacting Eryri Consulting for a no-obligation meeting. Our team can explain the steps towards ISO 45001:2018 and offer bespoke guidance on integrating the standard into your current management system.
Prepare a publicly available policy appropriate to the organisation, committing to safe and healthy working conditions, hazard elimination, risk reduction, worker consultation and participation, and continual improvement.
Create and maintain procedures to identify workplace hazards, related risks and opportunities.
Establish clear processes that support compliance with applicable occupational health and safety legislation and other obligations.
Document measurable objectives aligned with the health and safety policy, including hazard elimination, risk reduction and continual improvement.
Make relevant documentation easy to access, use and communicate across the organisation, whether electronically or in print.
Monitor and document health and safety performance, review system effectiveness periodically, and ensure management undertakes regular internal reviews.
ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 can both be applied to organisations of different sizes, structures and sectors. Each requires organisations to describe their processes, follow those processes and evaluate how well their management systems work.
ISO 45001 focuses specifically on occupational health and safety. The original Eryri page also highlights the importance of supply-chain expectations: customers and contractors may seek evidence of ISO 45001 certification, just as they may request ISO 9001 certification, to demonstrate commitment to safe working practices and quality standards.
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An effective occupational health and safety management system can deliver benefits for employees, leadership, clients and other stakeholders.
Give management, employees and external stakeholders confidence that safe and healthy working conditions are provided, measured and improved.
Improve occupational health and safety performance by recording incidents and taking appropriate action.
Strengthen stakeholder trust and improve competitiveness by demonstrating commitment to occupational health and safety.
Build confidence in the organisation through effective communication about its health and safety commitments.
Eryri Consulting Limited is a professional ISO consultancy based in North Wales. Our team supports organisations of all sizes, whatever their current management system.
We help create, implement and manage an occupational health and safety management system tailored to your workplace, rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach.
We work with you to establish objectives, support compliance with applicable legal requirements and continually improve occupational health and safety performance across the business.
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