ISO 45001 Clause 4 in 45 minutes
The Context of the Organisation
4.1. Understanding the context of the organisations involves internal and external issues:
Internal issues
- Old infrastructure
- Unskilled staff
- Absenteeism and ill health
- Poor compliance culture
- Good worker relations
External issues
- Social issues such as alcoholism
- Recession
- Competitive market
- Access to new technology
Intended outcomes are:
- Prevention of injury and ill-health
- Compliance
- Safe and healthy workplace
- Improved OHS performance
- Elimination of hazards
- Reduce risk
4.2. Needs and expectations of workers and interested parties
- Define interested parties
- Define needs and expectations
- Define if needs and expectations will become compliance requirements.
4.3. Define the scope of the OHS management system
– After considering the identified issues in 4.1 and 4.2 is it time to define the scope of the OHS management system.
– the scope will take into account current and future work
– the scope statement must be documented
For example:
SRM is a SHEQ consulting, auditing, training and software compliance company with branches in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town.
The OHS management system will apply to all activities, products and services rendered by all 3 branches, nationally and internationally.
4.4. The OHS management system
- This must be established, implemented, maintained and improved
- Includes processes and interactions
Join us as we go through IS 45001 in 45 minutes. In this module, we will be looking at Clause 4 – The Context of the Organisation.
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