All this may not be that daunting if you’re in a large organization with an occupational safety and health staff that share thought process and implementation. But if you are the lone OSH pro, or the non-pro that wears many hats such as HR in a small or medium sized organization, it’s not practical to set any of the above aside for another day because in many ways they are interrelated. You must do them all, at least to some degree – if prevention or reduction of problems is an objective.
The above developments are nudging you to improve your OSH program. Public disclosure of Form 300A “will be of interest to investors, job seekers, customers, and the broader public” states OSHA. A key emerging issue in ISO 45001 is External Context Issues (Clause 4) that includes “relationships, perceptions & values of external interested parties.” 4