Employees are killed, injured or disabled due to work accidents all over the world, not only in our country. Legal regulations are issued in succession, official audits are increased and sanctions are imposed on enterprises to take necessary measures. However, although there is a decrease in the rate of occupational accidents and occupational diseases, it is still not completely prevented.
Today, while operating in the framework of legal regulations on the one hand, while taking into account the standards published by domestic and foreign organizations. Businesses apply the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System standard to identify and manage the hazards and risks associated with occupational health and safety.
However, the International Standards Organization (ISO) has initiated a new standard on occupational health and safety, taking into account the proposal made by the OHSAS project group. This standard, which was launched in 2004 and was approved by the draft studies and accepted as general clauses, has not been published yet.
The main structure of the ISO 45001 standard consists of 9001 substances according to the latest regulation in ISO 10 standard. The basic approach of the standard is to create a framework for enterprises to reduce the working environment risks of the enterprises, increase the safety of employees and create more reliable working conditions. Especially in small enterprises, ISO 45001 standard allows only one person to be responsible for occupational health and safety and environmental issues. In addition, this standard draws the upper management of the enterprise into more systems. Leadership issue is discussed more in the occupational health and safety system.
In addition, the ISO 45001 standard emphasizes the improvement of occupational health and safety performance by taking precautionary measures according to the OHSAS 18001 standard. The aim of the OHSAS 18001 standard is to enable the enterprise to control its risks and improve its performance. The purpose of the ISO 45001 standard is to increase the performance of the enterprise by taking precautionary measures and to prevent disability and diseases.
The ISO 45001 standard focuses more on risk management and continuous improvement. For this reason, the standard contains substances related to enterprises, suppliers and contractors, and performance evaluations are more involved.