What are the specicfic requirement of clause 4 of ISO 45001 ?
clause 4 of Occupational health and safety Management is new addition to intended for risk based thinking. in this clause , Approach given to identify strategic risk and eliminate the risk by considering in Planning. This clause ensure the OH& S management system alligned with real world environmemt of organization.
Specific Requirement interpretation:– This clause require that all the internal and external factor which affect the intended outcome of OH& S management System shall be identify and consider in strategic plan. this clause is foundation clause consist with four sub clauses.
4.1 Understanding the context of the otganization:-
Organization must indentify the external and internal factor or issue which have a potential to affect the outcomes of OH& S manamgemnt system implementation . For a organization following are the external and internal issue coild be;-
External issues: All the external factor like legal changes , market condition, government changes, tax regime, pay scale changes, cultural issue, Political stability etc. This clause requires that the impact of all these factor on OH & S MS shall be assessed. External issue are generally include the factor that are not controlled under organization.
Internal Issues :- Internal issue are include the issue or factor related to organization operation or activity . it are related to issue regarding functional and operational issue of each department or function. Following are internal issue:
- Label not paste on container
- Less Workforce
- Non Avaialability of worker
- Wrong Material charging
- Wrong material dispatch
- material Received without invoice
- Repeatedly power cut off
- excess hot workplace
- frequently breakdown of machine
- Custoemr specification not received
- lack of communication
- SOP not Made
- SOP not implement
4.2 Understanding the need and expectation of all the interested parties including workers.
This clause require the identify all the interested parties and indetify the whatever need and expectation of interested parties. List of Interested parties for a orgnaization could be as ;-
- Worker
- Director or Owner or Partner.
- Employee
- Customer
- vendor or supplier
- bankers
- goverenment, Statutory and regulatory authority
- all the external Service provider.
- Neighboring Industry
- Vicinity or Public
this clause require that all the need and expectation of these interested parties shall be identify and fulfill as a extent to achive the organization goal and intended outcomes of OH & S manageent System. A documented information shall be reatined as evidences .
4.3 Determination of Scope of OH & S management system.
based on understanding the context of the organization and identify the need and expectation of all interested parties , organization has to determine the Scope of implementation of OH & S system and limit the boundries. While determine the scope following information to be consider ;
- Workforce
- Product details
- location e.g. department , sections
- internal and external issues of organization
What type of documented information be maintained as complimce of clause 4 ?
Following are documented information can be reatined
- Scope Statement for certificate imprint.
- List of External and internal issue
- List of Interesated parties
- Deatils of need and Expectation of Interested Parties.
- Risk Assessment of Issue and mitigatinal Actions.