For organizations operating outside of the UK
BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational health and safety management systems. Requirements specifies requirement for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, to enable an organization to control its OH&S risks and improve its performance.
It does not state specific OH&S performance criteria, nor does it give detailed specifications for the design of a management system.
OHSAS 18001:2007 supersedes OHSAS 18001:1999 , but remains current until 2009.
There have been a number of significant changes to the document since the first edition was published in 1999.
The changes reflect the widespread use and experience of the standard in more than 80 countries, and by approximately 16,000 certified organizations
Principal amongst the changes are much greater emphasis on "health" rather than just "safety", and significantly improved alignment to ISO 14001:2004 (to enable organizations to develop "integrated management systems").
Summary of key changes between OHSAS 18001:2007 and OHSAS 18001:1999
The importance of "health" has now been given greater emphasis.
OHSAS 18001 now refers to itself as a standard, not a specification, or document, as in the earlier edition. This reflects the increasing adoption of OHSAS 18001 as the basis for national standards on occupational health and safety management systems.
The "Plan-Do-Check-Act" model diagram is only given in the Introduction, in its entirety, and not also as sectional diagrams at the start of each major clause.
Reference publications in Clause 2 have been limited to purely international documents.
New definitions have been added, and existing definitions revised.
Significant improvement in alignment with ISO 14001:2004 throughout t...
OHSAS 18001:2007 history
2018BS ISO 45001:2018 BS ISO 45001:2018 Occupational health and safety management systems. Requirements with guidance for use
2007BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements
1999OHSAS 18001-1999 Occupational health and safety management systems - Specification