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Developing a Culture of Safety Beyond the Boundaries of the Factory

January 14, 2021

With companies and executives being held accountable for incidents in the workplace, the issue of workers’ health and safety has become a persistent concern for organizations around the world.

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What you should know about ISO 45001- 2018 OHSMS

January 1, 2020

ISO 45001, finalized in 2018, replaces a previous standard, OHSAS 18001, which was developed by auditors as a health and safety complement to quality and environmental standards (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001). ISO 45001 is a conformance standard, intended for use with third-party certification.

New ANSI standard covers design, training & safe use

Improving mobile elevated work

Rick Smith

June 1, 2019

Mobile elevated work platforms, such as boom and scissor lifts, are powerful, durable and useful machines that help workers perform a wide range of tasks at height. Training on the safe use of these machines is crucial to decrease the risk of injuries, property damage, liability on the worksite.

ISO/IEC 17025- Competence of testing and calibration laboratories

December 26, 2017

Laboratory customers, regulatory authorities, organizations and schemes using peer-assessment, accreditation bodies, and others use ISO/IEC 17025:2017 to confirm or recognize the competence of laboratories. The standard promotes confidence in the operation of laboratories.

Harmonizing ISO Standards with an Integrated HSEQ System

March 24, 2017

No matter their specific needs, organizations have goals above and beyond daily business tasks. However, certain challenges are preventing organizations from achieving these goals—such as injuries, illnesses and environmental releases.

What you need to know about ISO 45001 health & safety management standard

100,000 companies are expected to comply by 2019

May 5, 2016

ISO 45001 will become the internationally accepted standard across the globe for all companies, whether small, medium or large.

Improving public alerts in emergency situations

New standards offer guidelines for emergency response

Sandrine Tranchard

November 16, 2015

People at risk, be it from natural disasters, terrorist attacks or other incidents in daily life, need to be able to take appropriate safety actions based on a proper understanding of the level and nature of the emergency.

Identify your stakeholders and their values; ISO standards

ISO standards are inserting thought-provoking “context clauses”

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

May 20, 2015

When a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, does it influence the weather in Brooklyn, NY?

Mark your calendar: October, 2016

The safety world receives the ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System

Tom Slavin

July 10, 2014

ISO 45001 is the number given to ISO’s effort to create a standard for an occupational safety and health management system. This project is well underway, but before the status update, let me begin with some background on occupational safety and health management systems.

ISO OHSMS standard going forward

Thea Dunmire JD-CIH-CSP

July 4, 2013

The New Work Item Proposal (NWIP) for development of an ISO Occupational Health and Safety Management System standard has been approved. A new ISO Project Committee, PC 283, has been established to develop the standard. BSI has been appointed as secretariat.