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An Introduction to ISO 45001
Health, Safety, and Environment
2016-10-12
What is the origin and purpose of ISO 45001?
Hello, I’m Stephen Asbury and thank you for inviting me in today, to talk about ISO 45001. We’ll start with origins of Management System. Some say, earliest Management systems date 2500 years ago to the Wu dynasty of ancient China. The general San Tzu, the author of now famous “Art of War” learn about of planning his battles, sub secretly conducting his battles, communicating joy in the battles and then afterward learning from the combat. The quality revolution of 1980’s was based on learning in Japan of William Edwards Deming. In Europe and in North America, it was really military standards that lead us to understand that if the equipment, if the workforce that went into creating weapons and sub secretly did not kill the enemy, all of the resources consumed in the making those weapons that have been wasted. So, we learned to build things more consistently and more reliably.
BS 5750 was one of the world’s first standards for Quality Management and this was followed some years later BS 7750, the world’s first standards for Environmental Management. At the time we are recording this interview which a summer of 2016, the Occupational Health and Safety Standard is OHSAS 18001. And that will give rise in the future to ISO 45001. The world’s first ISO Standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management. The purpose of this standard is to control the variation. What we learned in all the years we were just discussing is that Management Systems bring control to the Organizations. What Doctor Deming taught us, what he learned in Japan is the cycle of planning and doing, checking and acting, or PDCA, bring the level of control that many organizations seek.
Why are people interested in certified OH&S standards?
People are interested in Occupational Health and Safety Management System because well they work. I remember from my own experience how quality used to be measured in percent, whilst these many organizations measure quality parts per million. You’ll notice ten thousand times improvement in performance. Occupational Health and Safety Management System are of course auditable and certifiable, and together they form a new form of governance. Just like the laws in your own country, they drive particular actions to take place.
Over the years I worked with clients in Oil and Gas production. I worked in distribution and retail, education, even Formula 1 Motorsport. And in each of those sectors, Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems give repeatable steps that lead to continual improvement. Put simply, you’ll know what it is that needs to be improved the next time. I think what’s also true is your own client will like it, too.
What are the key requirements and steps for implementing ISO 45001?
The key requirements for implementing Occupational Health and Safety Management System starts with the committed, sincere leadership of your own top management team. This obviously goes rather further than just having a policy on health and safety. You’ll want their visible, financial commitment to make sure that you know that they’ll support the decisions that you make. I think next it’s important to understand the Occupational Health and Safety Management system. In this case, ISO 45001. Right now, that standard is in the draft. We are expecting the second, probably the final draft in October or November of this year. If I was a gambling man I would suggest that we’ll have that standard final and published by the spring to the summer of next year. The great news it is not all about paperwork. Standard is built around risk and it helps you manage the things that are likely to have the greatest impact on your workers, and the greatest impact on your organization.
In conclusion, many organization use Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standards as a key part of their overall improvement and I do hope you will soon be a part of that improvement journey.
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Stephen Asbury
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