英国标准协会(BSI)已发布ISO 45001职业健康与安全管理体系——要求标准草案第二稿。
这一尚未发布的国际标准规定了职业健康与安全(OH&S)管理体系的要求,并为该标准的使用提供指南,旨在使组织能够提供安全健康的工作环境,以防止与工作有关的伤害和生病。
在5月19日是正式评议期之前,BSI商店已提供最新标准草案,从这个日期开始,可以访问网站http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail?pid=000000000030358994,使感兴趣的人提出宝贵意见。
每年有二百万人因工作事故死亡,工作影响身体健康的人数大幅上升。尽管目前国际劳工标准得到广泛应用,但这些令人痛心的数字表明,为确保组织能够管理风险,改善职业健康与安全体系,保护各级工作人员身体健康,制定专门标准迫在眉睫。
ISO 45001包括职业健康与安全(OH&S)政策的制定、实施和目标,考虑到适用的法律要求和组织认可的其他要求。
国际标准将有助于为规模不同的各类组织提供明确框架,希望改善其职业健康与安全(OH&S)绩效,保护代表组织工作或受组织活动影响的人员。这些组织包括除个体商户以外的任何组织,以及与多家承包商、多个网站、志愿者或临时员工等合作的组织。
ISO 45001标准的优点:
通过国际认可,适用于全球所有组织;
与其他管理体系重要标准一致
指导组织设计一个适合自己的职业健康和安全管理系统
ISO 45001的制定以合作及协商一致方法为基础,综合考虑了各类组织、政府机构、工会和工人代表组织的意见。该标准最终将取代现行标准OHSAS 18001,后者规定了职业健康和安全管理最佳实践的最低要求。虽然OHSAS 18001在英国和国际上使用广泛,但其并非一个完整的国际标准。
BSI治理与恢复部负责人安妮.海斯(Anne Hayes)对负责制定健康与安全标准的部门进行监督。
安妮.海斯在BSI负责ISO 45001标准的核心市场,她表示:“职业健康与安全对全球所有企业(不论其规模和行业)而言都是一个严肃的问题,BSI很荣幸能够为希望维护或改善工作场所安全的企业提供一个明确的框架。”
“ISO 45001要与其他管理体系标准(如ISO 9001和ISO 14001)保持一致,这非常重要。因此,ISO 45001的共同文本和结构将确保这些管理体系标准均保持一致。”
负责制定ISO 45001的国际委员会包括来自50多个国家和20个联络机构的专家,他们拥有丰富的职业健康和安全知识和实践经验,清楚这一领域面临的挑战。新标准的制定基于ISO针对其所有管理体系标准(MSS)制定的核心结构和共同文本,统筹考虑了目前OHSAS 18001的要求、其他国家标准(包括美国、中国和加拿大标准)和国际劳工组织文件——世界各地数百个国家通过的职业健康与安全指导方针。
标准最终版预计在2017年底发布。
International standard on occupational health and safety reaches second draft for public comment stage
BSI, the business standards company, has published the second draft of ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements.
The yet-to-be launched international standard specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, with guidance for its use, to enable an organization to provide safe and healthy working conditions for the prevention of work-related injury and ill health.
The latest draft is now available on the BSI shop, ahead of the formal commenting period which beings on 19 May. From this date the draft will be accessible, enabling those with an interest to submit comment: http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail?pid=000000000030358994
Two million people die yearly from work-related incidents and the number of people suffering life altering health conditions caused by their work is exponentially higher. These harrowing figures are in spite of widespread adoption of International Labour Standards, indicating a pressing need for a standard specifically designed to ensure organizations manage the risk and improve their OH&S to protect workers at all levels.
ISO 45001 includes the development and implementation of an OH&S policy and objectives which take into account applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which the organization subscribes.
The international standard will help provide a single, clear framework for organizations of all types and sizes who wish to improve their OH&S performance and protect those working on their behalf or who may be affected by the organization’s activities. This includes any organization beyond that of sole trader – and those organizations working with multiple contractors, multiple sites, volunteers or temporary staff, etc.
Benefits of ISO 45001 include:
A single internationally-agreed standard suitable for all organizations worldwide
Alignment with other key management system standards
Requirements which direct organizations to design a management system uniquely suited to each organization’s occupational health and safety needs
ISO 45001 has been developed using a collaborative, consensus-based approach, taking into account the views of large and small organizations, government bodies, trades unions and worker representative organizations. It will eventually replace OHSAS 18001, an existing standard which sets out the minimum requirements for occupational health and safety management best practice. Although OHSAS 18001 is widely used both in the UK and internationally it is not a full international standard.
Anne Hayes, Head of Governance and Resilience at BSI, oversees the sector which develops health and safety standards.
Anne Hayes, Head of Governance and Resilience at BSI, has engaged with BSI’s core markets regarding ISO 45001. She said: “Occupational health and safety is a serious matter for all businesses worldwide, regardless of their size or sector. BSI is proud to be involved with developing a clear framework for businesses wishing to maintain or improve safety within their workplaces.
“It is important that ISO 45001 works in alignment with other management system standards, such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Therefore the common text and structure in which ISO 45001 is written will ensure these management system standards are broadly aligned."
The international committee which developed ISO 45001 includes experts from over 50 countries and 20 liaison bodies, all with knowledge and practical experience of occupational health and safety issues and the challenges faced. The new standard is based on the core structure and common text developed by ISO for all of its management system standards (MSS), taking into account the requirements of the current OHSAS 18001, other national standards (including those from the US, China and Canada) and the ILO instruments – OH&S guidelines adopted by hundreds of countries across the world.
Publication of the final standard is anticipated towards the end of 2017.