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ISO 45001 Overview: The Purpose, Function, and Benefits

Rick Gehrke, Sr. Environmental Safety & Health Consultant, Alchemy

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Today’s Speaker

Rick GehrkeSr. Environmental Safety & Health ConsultantAlchemy

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Agenda

✓What is ISO 45001?

✓Why do we need it?

✓Who is it for?

✓How is ISO 45001 different from OHSAS 18001?

✓How does ISO 45001 work?

✓How can we learn more?

✓Questions?

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What is ISO 45001?

What is ISO 45001?

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• Specification standard for occupational health and safety management system

• ISO is derived from “Isos”, Greek for “Equal”

• ISO 45001 replaces OHSAS 18001

– All certificates expire in March 2021

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Why do we need ISO 45001?

Why do we need it?

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• The intended outcomes of an OH&S management system are:

– To prevent injury and ill health to workers

– To provide safe and healthy workplaces

Improvement

Why do we need it?

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• The intended outcomes of an OH&S management system include:

– Continual improvement of OH&S performance

– Fulfilment of legal requirements and other requirements

– Achievement of OH&S objectives

Why do we need it?

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• Some statistics:

– 5,147 worker fatalities in US (2017)*

– Approximately 2.8 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses (2017) *

– Nearly one third of injuries and illnesses resulted in lost time*

– 2017 work injury costs - $161.5 billion**

– Federal OSHA has 2,100 inspectors compared to 130 million workers in the US*

Sources: *OSHA **National Safety Council

Why do we need it?

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• A process-based management system can help us:

– Protect the health and safety of workers and other people in our workplace

– Improve morale

– Reduce turnover

– Achieve and maintain compliance

– Avoid expensive fines

– Reduce Total Incident Rates

– Reduce Workers Comp cost

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Who is ISO 45001 for?

Who is it for?

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• The ISO 45001 standard is useful for anyorganization wanting to:

– Provide a safe and healthy workplace

– Prevent work-related injury and ill health

– Eliminate hazards and minimize risks

– Take advantage of opportunities

– Proactively and systematically improve OH&S performance

– Demonstrate conformance to a recognized standard

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How is ISO 45001 different from OSHAS 18001?

Key Differences between OHSAS 18001 & ISO 45001

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• Structure – Follows Annex XL

• Policy requirements are different

• Incorporation of context

• More specific duties for top management

• More worker involvement

• Focus on risk and opportunity management

• Expanded influence on supply chain

• More complexity in requirements

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How does ISO 45001 work?

How does it work?

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• Requirements are in seven main sections:

– Context of the organization

– Leadership and worker participation

– Planning

– Support

– Operation

– Performance evaluation

– Improvement

Context of the Organization

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• Understanding the organization and its context

• Needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties

• Determining system scope

• OH&S management system

Leadership and Worker Participation

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• Leadership and commitment

• OH&S policy

• Roles, responsibilities, and authorities

• Worker consultation and participation

Planning

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• Actions to address risks and opportunities

• Hazard identification

• Assessment of risks

• Assessment of opportunities

• Determination of legal and other requirements

• Planning action

• OH&S objectives

Support

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• Resources

• Competence

• Awareness

• Internal and external communication

• Documented information

Operation

21Confidential and Proprietary

• Operational planning and control

• Eliminating hazards and reducing risks

• Management of change

• Procurement

• Emergency preparedness and response

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Operation

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• Hierarchy of Control

– Elimination

– Substitution

– Engineering Controls

– Administrative Controls

– Personal Protective Equipment

Performance Evaluation

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• Monitoring, measurement, analysis, and performance evaluation

• Evaluation of compliance

• Internal audit

• Management review

Improvement

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• Incident, nonconformity, and corrective action

• Continual improvement

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How can you learn more about ISO 45001?

Key takeaways

➢PPE should be considered the last line of defense, not the first

➢ If your company has a good safety culture, ISO 45001 is not a stretch. It is a recognition and natural extension of what you are doing correctly

➢ ISO 45001 requires planning and full-company commitment

➢Success lies with excellent communication, training, and tracking

ISO 45001 Upcoming Webinar Series

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• August 28

– Context, Leadership, and Worker Participation:Who are we, and what do we want from our OH&S management system?

• October

– Planning and Support: What Are We Going to Manage and What Do We Need?

• November

– Operation and Emergency Preparedness: How Will We Make Our Operations Healthy and Safe?

• December

– Performance Evaluation and Improvement: How Will We Know If We’re Succeeding, and How Do We Get Better?

Register on Alchemy’s Website under Upcoming Webinars – Coming Soon!

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Questions?

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