ISO standard finally approved

The FDIS vote procedure that led to final approval of the new Standard ISO 45001 “Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems – Requirements with guidance for use” was completed on 26 January 2018, the first certifiable ISO standard on Management systems for occupational health and safety.

The Final Draft had 93% of favourable votes from ISO “P-Members”.

The ISO 45001 standard will be published officially on 15 March 2018.

21 Countries made editorial comments. Comments that the Working group will examine in the coming weeks in view of the document’s final publication which, according to ISO, should take place next March.

The standard respects the common structure of the standards on management systems such as ISO 14001 (environment) and ISO 9001 (quality), taking into account other industry standards including OHSAS 18001, ILO-OSH guidelines, various national standards and international labour standards and the International Labour Organization conventions.