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Guidelines on occupational safety and health management systems ILO-OSH

 2001

Purpose:-

 

Promote opportunities for workers to obtain decent and productivework in safe condition, , equity, security and human dignity.

 

The ILO guidelines have designed as a practical tool for assisting

organizations and competent institutions as a means of achieving

continual improvement in OSH performance.

Objectives

The ILO guidelines contribute to the protection of workers from hazards and

to the elimination of work-related injuries, ill health, diseases, incidents and

deaths by:-

 

Provide guidance regarding the integration of OSH management system

elements in the organization as a component of policy and management

arrangements

  Motivate all members of the organization, to continually improve OSH

performance.

The ILO guideline covers the following aspects:-

  The occupational safety and health management system in the

organization

 

Main elements of the OSH management system  Policy

  Planning and implementation.

 

Measuring performance

  Evaluation  Action for improvement.

  Auditing and reviewing performance

  Hazard prevention

  Emergency prevention, preparedness and response

 

Procurement  Contractors

Note: - the guideline gave a brief summary of the aspects listed above.

  The guideline includes some useful definitions such as (employer, work,

organization…etc.)

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  Also includes relevant ILO conventions and recommendations.

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  The OHSAS Standards covering OH&S management are intended to

provide organizations with the elements of an effective OH&S

management system that can be integrated with other management

requirements and help organizations achieve OH&S and economic

objectives.NOTE: - This OHSAS Standard is based on the methodology known as Plan-

Do-Check-Act (PDCA). PDCA can be briefly described as follows:

 

Plan: establish the objectives and processes necessary to deliver resultsin accordance with the organization’s OH&S policy. 

 

Do: implement the processes.

  Check : monitor and measure processes against OH&S policy, objectives,

legal and other requirements, and report the results.

 

 Act : take actions to continually improve OH&S performance.

  The OHSAS includes some terms and definitions.

  Cover OH&S management system requirements: 

OH&S policy. 

o  includes a commitment to prevention of injury and ill health

and continual improvement in OH&S management and

OH&S performanceo

  includes a commitment to at least comply with applicable

legal requirements and with other requirementso  Provides the framework for setting and reviewing OH&S

objectives.

o  Etc.

 

Planning. 

o  Hazard identification, risk assessment and determining

controls

o  Legal and other requirements

 

Implementation and operation 

o

 

Resources, roles, responsibility, accountability andauthority

o  Competence, training and awareness

o  Communication, participation and consultation

o  Documentation

o  Emergency preparedness and response

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Checking

o  Performance measurement and monitoring

o  Evaluation of compliance

o 

Incident investigation, nonconformity, corrective action andpreventive action

o  Control of records

o  Internal audit

 

Management review 

o  Include results of internal audits and evaluations of

compliance with applicable legal requirements

o  Follow-up actions from previous management reviews.

o 

changing circumstances, including developments in legal

and other requirements related to OH&So

  Etc.