The Rise of ISO 45001: Meeting at ISN UPDATE: A New Global Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standard

摘要

It's been over two decades since the idea for an ISO standard on an Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standard (OHSMS) first surfaced. Now, after three failed attempts, the international community, including the United States, has voted to develop what many consider is the most significant health and safety standard in the past 50 years. The question is less about whether a standard will be adopted, but more so on what will it do and how will it impact not only employee health and safety but the practice of the safety profession. There are now seventy-four countries, including observing countries, closely watching and participating in the development of this standard. This is a three year effort which began in July of 2013.