{"id":6573,"date":"2021-02-09T15:05:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line-ehs.co.uk\/ehs\/?p=6573"},"modified":"2022-07-07T04:43:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T02:43:33","slug":"iso-45001-2018-clause-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-on-line.com\/gb\/blog\/iso-45001-2018-clause-6\/","title":{"rendered":"ISO 45001:2018 Clause 6 \u2018Planning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance<\/h4>\nIn this article, we explore specific clauses within the international standard ISO45001:2018 \u2018Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems<\/a>\u2019, clarifying some of the requirements of the clauses and highlighting some potential pitfalls. In this article we consider some aspects of Clause 6 \u2018Planning\u2019.\n\nClause 6 requires the planning of an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS), taking into account the context in which the organisation sits, the scope of its activities and the \u2018interested parties\u2019, either internal or external stakeholders. In this respect it needs to be read in conjunction with Clause 4 \u2018Context of the Organisation\u2019.\n\nAssurance that the OHSMS can achieve its intended outcomes is best achieved through robust planning and preparation. Planning is an ongoing process, anticipating change and it involves identifying the hazards and risks to health and safety of workers and others, and identifying the opportunities for risk elimination, reduction, and control. This goes well beyond the traditional remit of factory-floor health and safety. The landscape has changed rapidly over the last few years, and is now inclusive of automation, mental wellbeing, homeworking and lone working, Brexit contingencies and the control of infection, amongst others. Occupational health and safety management systems also need to take into account external influencing factors. Has the company taken on new legal responsibilities, perhaps as an importer of chemicals or work equipment from Europe? Red-On-Line can be your invaluable partner in establishing cross-border legal registers to assist you in these matters.\n\nPlanning activities should maintain and improve your risk assessment process. This should take into account changing hazards and the effectiveness of the measures taken to control them. But what hazards need to be taken into account in planning an OHMS?\n