Certification of Health and Safety Management Systems according to ISO 45001: a global challenge for safety in the workplace

Due to the Coronavirus emergency, the transition period for the transition of accredited certifications from BS OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001 has been extended by IAF (International Accreditation Forum) to 11 September 2021.

ISO 45001 'Management systems for health and safety at work' is an international standard that specifies the requirements for the implementation of a Management System for Health and Safety in the workplace, allowing each organization to improve proactively its performance in terms of accident prevention. When the health and safety of its workers is a priority, certification according to the international standard ISO 45001 is a good starting point, regardless of whether the organization is a construction company, a service company, a small -medium enterprise or multinational. In addition to its primary purpose, the standard allows an organization to engage in other aspects of health and safety, such as the well-being of workers.


The ISO 45001 standard

The ISO 45001 standard follows the HLS (High Level Structure) approach, already applied to other ISO system standards, such as ISO 9001 (Quality) and ISO 14001 (Environment). Specifies the requirements for an occupational health and safety (OSH) management system and provides guidance on its use, in order to enable organizations to provide safe and healthy workplaces, preventing work-related injuries and illnesses, as well as proactively improving its OSH performance. It is applicable to any organization, regardless of size, type and business, that wishes to establish, implement and maintain a management system to improve occupational health and safety, eliminate hazards and minimize OSH risks (including system deficiencies ), take OSH opportunities and address OSH management system nonconformities associated with your activities

The benefits of ISO 45001 certification

Beyond the socially virtuous implications, the interventions aimed at reducing the dangerousness of jobs show considerable advantages in terms of company performance. In other words, the issue of workers' safety and health is acquiring a strategic lever role for competitiveness. Among the most immediate benefits we consider the higher quality of the working environments, the decrease in expenses for accidents, the higher motivation of the staff, the improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency indexes, the enhancement of the contents of excellence and service conveyed to the market. With all that derives from it in terms of economic results.

  • Compliance assurance with the standard of the Management System for the Safety and Health of Workers adopted by the company
  • Recognition of the validity of the constituent system for the legislator, an instrument for the protection of administrative liability pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/01 (Article 30 of the Consolidated Law)
  • Development and application of a concrete policy on health and safety at work
  • Definition of systematic processes that consider the business context, allowing to effectively consider risks and opportunities, legal requirements and other requirements
  • Performance evaluation in terms of health and safety in the organization with the aim of improving them by adopting appropriate actions
  • Establishment of operational controls to manage risks relating to health and safety in the company
  • Strengthening of the corporate culture regarding safety in the workplace
  • Improved its ability to respond to regulatory compliance issues
  • Involvement of employees in a motivating project, which directly affects them
  • Guarantee of compliance with the relevant laws and compliance in the event of checks
  • Cost reduction, thanks to the increase in efficiency and the reduction of accidents
  • Reduction of downtime and downtime costs
  • Savings in insurance premiums to be paid, as it proves to be prevention and improvement
  • Qualification of the institutional image and relationships with customers and interested parties
  • International recognition
  • Definition of systematic processes that consider the business context, allowing to effectively consider risks and opportunities, legal requirements and other requirements

Determination of the risks associated with the organization's activities, in an attempt to eliminate them or by inserting ad hoc controls to minimize their criticality


Why get CSQ ISO 45001 certified with CM Group

The certification of management systems acquires on the market the more value the more authoritative the body that issued it is. Cm Group represents the most important Italian reality in the field of conformity assessment and, in the field of management systems certification, it is among the first bodies in terms of the number of certificates issued. Its auditors are present throughout the national territory; they boast experience, competence, updating and contribute to offering a useful service not only to organizations, but also to the users of the latter's commitment: customers, consumers, all interested parties.