ISO 45001 Certification is for management systems of occupational health and safety (OH&S), started in March 2018. It is also written as ISO 45001:2018. The certificate is for the organization to minimize their occupational risk, accidents, and incidents. It applies to any organization that wants to establish, implement & maintain an occupational health & safety management system to improve occupational health and safety, remove hazards and minimize occupational health and safety risks. It specifies the requirement for occupational health and safety. It gives guidance for its use to enable an organization to provide a safe and healthy workplace by minimizing work-related incidents and accidents and health illnesses.
Benefits of ISO 45001 Certification
Implementation of ISO 45001 Certification in an organization covers an approach towards workplace injuries & illness through dynamic hazard identification and risk assessment. Which improves overall organizational health & safety.
- The certification focus on employee safety.
- Increase the confidence of stakeholders.
- It increases the productivity of all the employees
- Reduces the insurance cost of an employee.
- Reduces the illnesses at the workplace.
- Build an organizational reputation and attract more clients for new business opportunities
- Minimize the risks of accidents and incidents at the workplace.
- Improve operational health and safety.
- Eliminates hazards and minimizes operational health and safety.
- Improve employee safety, reduce workplace risks and create better & safer working conditions.
- Improve staff morale.
- Competitive and financial advantages.
How to get ISO 45001 Certification
When the organization has ISO 45001 management system organization will get the certification. The ISO (international organization for standardization) does not directly give certificates just by applying. There are several steps to follow to get the certification. They have to go through an accredited third-party audit. Steps to get certification are as follows.
- Learn about ISO 45001, occupational health safety & management system, and the benefits of ISO 45001 certification.
- Perform gap analyses in your organization by a consultant. Review initial occupational health & safety and analyze the risks.
- Make a project to engage all the employees to meet the ISO 45001 OHS & MS.
- Schedule and give training on OHS & MS. To all the employees.
- Prepare the 45001 OHS documents and health & safety manual and procedures.
- When the system is developed and documented, all the employees will follow the procedure.
- An accredited third-party audit will conduct.
- Once the organization meets all the requirements, it will receive an ISO 45001 certificate.
