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Why Change?
When OHSAS 18001 was initially drafted in 1999, it was specifically written to be consistent with ISO 14001:1996, the environmental management system standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
With subsequent revision of ISO 14001 in 2004, some of the alignment between the two standards were lost.
In 2005, the OHSAS Working Group decided to revise the OHSAS 18001 standard to again align it with ISO 14001 and to improve it based on the experience of the standards users since it was first published in 1999.
In addition to alignment with ISO 14001, another major factor taken into consideration during the revision process was alignment with other occupational safety and health management system standards such as the ILO and the ANSI/AIHA Z10 standards
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Summary of Changes
Based on these inputs, a number of significant changes has been made to the OHSAS 18001:2007 Alignment with ISO 14001:2004 & improved compatibility with ISO 9001:2000 New requirements related to hazard identification, risk assessment and the selection of controls New requirements for external consultation and worker participation Clarification of the role of incident investigation The importance of health has now been given greater emphasis. OHSAS 18001 now refers to itself as a standard, not a specification, or document, as in the earlier edition. This reflects the increasing adoption of OHSAS 18001 as the basis for national standards on occupational health and safety management systems.
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Summary of Changes
Reference publications in Clause 2 have been limited to purely international documents. New definitions have been added, and existing definitions revised. Significant improvement in alignment with ISO 14001:2004 throughout the standard, and improved compatibility with ISO 9001:2000. The definition of the term HAZARD no longer refers to damage to property or damage to the workplace environment.
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It is now considered that such damage is not directly related to occupational health and safety management, which is the purpose of this OHSAS Standard, and that it is included in the field of asset management. Instead, the risk of such damage having an effect on occupational health and safety should be identified through the organizations risk assessment process, and be controlled through the application of appropriate risk controls. For purposes of OHSAS 18001, hazards are limited to sources, situations or acts with the potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health. The focus is on harm to humans not property.
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Summary of Changes
Sub-clauses 4.3.3 and 4.3.4 have been merged, in line with ISO 14001:2004. A new requirement has been introduced for the consideration of the hierarchy of controls as part of OH&S planning (see 4.3.1). Management of change is now more explicitly addressed (see 4.3.1 and 4.4.6). A new clause on the Evaluation of compliance (see 4.5.2) has been introduced. New requirements have been introduced for participation and consultation (see 4.4.3.2). New requirements have been introduced for the investigation of incidents (see 4.5.3.1).
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Property damage and damage to the workplace environment are no longer part of the scope for OHSAS (also reflected in revised definition of Hazard).
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Scope
As noted in the Scope section of the revised standard, OHSAS 18001 is intended to address occupational health and safety, and is not intended to address other health and safety issues such as employee wellbeing/wellness programs, product safety, property damage or environmental impacts.
Several changes were made to the standard to clarify the intended scope of coverage - most notably in the revision and/or addition of several key definitions.
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Definitions
6 new terms : Document, Procedure, Record, Corrective Action, Preventive Action and OH&S policy New definitions for ill health and workplace. Revised definitions for hazard, incident and risk Mainly editorial changes for the other terms. Tolerable risk replaced by acceptable risk in new edition.
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Hazard (3.6) Source, situation, or act with a potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health (3.8), or a combination of these
ill health (3.8) Identifiable, adverse physical or mental condition arising from and/or made worse by a work activity and/or work-related situation
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Incident (3.9) work-related event (s) in which an injury or ill health (3.8) (regardless of severity) or fatality occurred, or could have occurred
NOTE 1: An accident is an incident which has given rise to injury, ill health or fatality. NOTE 2: An incident where no injury, ill health, or fatality occurs may also be referred to as a near-miss, near-hit, close call or dangerous occurrence. NOTE 3: An emergency situation (see 4.4.7) is a particular type of incident.
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interested party (3.10) person or group, inside or outside the workplace (3.23), concerned with or affected by the OH&S performance (3.15) of an organization (3.17). preventive action (3.18) action to eliminate the cause of a potential nonconformity (3.11) or other undesirable potential situation
NOTE 1 There can be more than one cause for a potential nonconformity. NOTE 2 Preventive action is taken to prevent occurrence whereas corrective action (3.4) is taken to prevent recurrence. [ISO 9000:2005, 3.6.4]
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risk (3.21) combination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event or Exposure (s) and the severity of injury or ill health (3.8) that can be caused by the event or exposure (s)
risk assessment (3.22) process of evaluating the risk (s) (3.21) arising from a hazard (s), taking into account the adequacy of any existing controls, and deciding whether or not the risk (s) is acceptable
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workplace (3.23) any physical location in which work related activities are performed under the control of the organization
NOTE: When giving consideration to what constitutes a workplace, the organization (3.17) should take into account the OH&S effects on personnel who are, for example, traveling or in transit (e.g. driving, flying, on boats or trains), working at the premises of a client or customer, or working at home
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Need for the organization to define and document the scope for the OHSAS.
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Communication of policy to all persons working under the control of the organization and not only to employees as in previous edition. Inclusion in b) of a commitment to prevention of injury and ill health and . This substantiates more focus on Health
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Elimination Substitution Engineering controls Signage/ warning. Administrative controls Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs)
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Given that 96 percent of all workplace accidents are triggered by unsafe behavior, most people will be aware that reducing accidents and improving safety performance can only be achieved by systematically focusing upon those unsafe behaviors in the workplace
These are in the direct control of the person engaging in them, and therefore can be targeted for improvement via a workforce driven behavioral safety initiative.
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Management Of Change
Although it is often used as a term of art in the safety field, management of change is not a defined term in OHSAS 18001:2007. It is, however; vital to an effective OH&S management system.
Explicit requirements for management of change were added into section 4.3.1 of OHSAS 18001 in the 2007 revision of the standard. This addition was an explicit request of the American Industrial Hygiene Association for purposes of aligning OHSAS 18001 with the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Management System standard ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005. In addition, management of change is also an explicit requirement for safety management systems implemented to comply with the Seveso II Directive (see Annex III of EU Council Directive 96/82/EC).
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Management of Change
The following requirements related to management of change were added in section 4.3.1: The procedures for hazard identification and risk assessment shall take into account: - changes or proposed changes in the organization, its activities or materials;
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modifications to the OH&S management system, including temporary changes, and their impacts on operations, processes and activities;. For the management of change, the organization shall identify the OH&S hazards and risks associated with changes in the organization, the OH&S management system or its activities, prior to the introduction of such changes. In addition, reference to Management of Change is also included in section 4.4.6:
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What is Change?
For purposes of management of change within an OH&S management system, the changes that need to be addressed include: - Organizational changes (e.g. personnel or staffing changes) - Activity changes (e.g. changes to processes, equipment, infrastructure, software) - Material changes (e.g. new chemicals, packaging) - Changes to the OH&S management system (e.g. procedures)
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Ineffective management of change is one of the major contributing factors in many of the incident investigations. Please visit CSB web site at http://www.csb.gov/ for further reference.
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What is Accountability?
It is worthwhile, in this context, to explore the differences between authority, responsibility and accountability in an organization:
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Accountability
There are five key elements of an effective accountability system:
- Clearly specified standards for authority and responsibility - Adequate resources to meet the assigned responsibilities - Monitoring and assessment of individual performance - Appropriate consequences for taking or failing to take action
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Consistent and unbiased application It should be noted that accountability is not necessarily the same as blame. Often, organizations seek to assign accountability only when they are looking for someone to blame.
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Addressing awareness training for persons working under its control and not limited to employees as in previous edition.
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Addressing communication to contractors and other visitors to the workplace with regard to the OH&S hazards and consultation with contractors when there are changes affecting their OH&S
Appropriate involvement from workers in hazard identification, risk assessment and determination of controls and within incident investigation and development of OH&S policies and objectives.
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Consultation
One of the major criticisms of the 1999 version of OHSAS 18001 was that it was a management standard that ignored labor interests. Significant changes were made in section 4.4.3 of the standard to address these concerns. First, this section of the standard is divided into two sub-sections:
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4.4.3.1 Communication for internal and external communication are addressed similar to the communication requirements in ISO 14001.
4.4.3.2 Participation and Consultation. is unique to OHSAS 18001 and focused specifically on getting input from workers and contractors.
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Communication
An organizations OHSMS communication procedures now need to address communication with several different parties:
- Internal communication with Employees & between various departments and functions
Communication
In particular, the procedures developed for worker participation now need to address the following: appropriate involvement in hazard identification, risk assessment and determination of controls appropriate involvement in incident investigation involvement in the development and review of OH&S policies and objectives consultation where there are changes that affect a workers OH&S representation on OH&S matters informing workers about the arrangements made for their participation and the identity of their representative (s) on OH&S matters It should be noted that this worker participation requirement is not strictly a labor (employee-employer) issue. In the context of OHSAS 18001, the OHSMS needs to provide for the participation of all persons performing work under the control of the organization.
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OHSAS 18001:2007 has been aligned in overall structure and numbering with ISO 14001:2004. In addition, many of the core management system elements (document control, record control, internal audit and management review) are aligned in language as well.
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Implementation
The Scope of the system shall be defined Hazard Identification and Risk assessment : The procedure has to incorporate many new inputs as mentioned in 4.3.1. Damage to property and workplace environment may be excluded. Occupational health must occupy the central position Risk Controls: Must follow the hierarchy of controls as per Cl.4.3.1 Accountability of employees on key issues shall be defined Procedure for workers participation in HIRA, incident investigation, development of policy & objectives Procedure for Evaluation of compliance to Legal requirements Management Review- Inputs and Outputs shall be defined. Relevant output to be made available for communication and consultation
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