PECB ISO 45001 Foundation cheat sheet
PECB ISO 45001 Foundation · Keep the key ideas within reach.
Fundamental concepts and principles of occupational health and safety management and OH&S MS
OH&S: conditions and factors that affect, or could affect, the health and safety of workers and other persons under the organization's control.
An OH&S management system is a set of interrelated elements used to establish policy and objectives and to achieve those objectives.
ISO 45001 follows the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle: Plan (Clause 6), Do (Clause 7-8), Check (Clause 9), Act (Clause 10).
Hazard: source with potential to cause injury and ill health; risk: combination of likelihood and severity of injury/ill health.
Hierarchy of controls (most to least effective): elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, PPE.
Worker participation and consultation are core principles; workers must be consulted on OH&S matters and have channels to report hazards.
Top management must demonstrate leadership and commitment, not merely support, by taking accountability for OH&S MS effectiveness.
Context of the organization (internal/external issues, interested parties, legal and other requirements) is the starting point for the OH&S MS.
Continual improvement is a recurring principle: enhance OH&S performance and the OH&S MS, not just maintain compliance.
ISO 45001 requirements for an OH&S MS - Clauses 4 to 10
Clause 4: Determine external/internal issues, interested parties and their requirements, and define the OH&S MS scope; the OH&S MS itself is established in Clause 4.4.
Clause 5: Top management must establish an OH&S policy (5.2) and assign roles, responsibilities and authorities (5.3), including worker participation and consultation (5.4).
Clause 6: Planning addresses risks and opportunities (6.1.1), hazard identification and assessment of risks (6.1.2), legal and other requirements (6.1.3), planning action (6.1.4), OH&S objectives (6.2.1), and planning to achieve them (6.2.2).
Clause 7: Support includes resources (7.1), competence (7.2), awareness (7.3), communication (7.4), and documented information (7.5).
Clause 8: Operational planning and control (8.1), including eliminating hazards and reducing risks using the hierarchy of controls; emergency preparedness and response (8.2); procurement and contractors (8.1.4).
Clause 9: Monitoring, measurement, analysis and performance evaluation (9.1), internal audit (9.2), and management review (9.3).
Clause 10: Incident, nonconformity and corrective action (10.2) and continual improvement (10.3); 10.1 is general.
Documented information must be maintained (e.g., OH&S policy, objectives, hazard identification results, legal requirements) and retained (e.g., audit results, management review records).
Management review inputs include status of actions from previous reviews, changes in issues, OH&S performance, adequacy of resources, and effectiveness of actions; outputs include decisions on improvement and resource needs.