
ISO 45001:2018
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
This standard specifies
requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management
system, and gives guidance for its use, to enable organizations to provide safe
and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as
well as by proactively improving its OH&S performance.
ISO 45001:2018 is
applicable to any organization that wishes to establish, implement and maintain
an OH&S management system to improve occupational health and safety,
eliminate hazards and minimize OH&S risks (including system deficiencies),
take advantage of OH&S opportunities, and address OH&S management
system nonconformities associated with its activities.

ISO 45001:2018 helps an
organization to achieve the intended outcomes of its OH&S management
system. Consistent with the organization's OH&S policy, the intended
outcomes of an OH&S management system include:
a) continual improvement of OH&S performance;
b)
fulfilment of legal requirements and other requirements;
c)
achievement of OH&S objectives.
ISO 45001:2018 is applicable
to any organization regardless of its size, type and activities. It is
applicable to the OH&S risks under the organization's control, taking into
account factors such as the context in which the organization operates and the
needs and expectations of its workers and other interested parties.
ISO 45001:2018 does not
state specific criteria for OH&S performance, nor is it prescriptive about
the design of an OH&S management system.
ISO 45001:2018 enables an
organization, through its OH&S management system, to integrate other
aspects of health and safety, such as worker wellness/wellbeing.
ISO 45001:2018 does not
address issues such as product safety, property damage or environmental
impacts, beyond the risks to workers and other relevant interested parties.
ISO 45001:2018 can be used
in whole or in part to systematically improve occupational health and safety
management. However, claims of conformity to this document are not acceptable
unless all its requirements are incorporated into an organization's OH&S
management system and fulfilled without exclusion.