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ISO 45001

TG5 Report for March 2014 Morocco Meeting

Section 3 (Terminology)

Thea Dunmire

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TG 5 – Scope of Work & Participation

• Scope of Work – Develop concept definitions for the discipline-specific (i.e. OH&S) terms used in ISO 45001

• TG 5 Participants – Participants represented the following member body countries and liaisons – Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, ILO, IOSH, ITUC, Morocco, US

This was the first in-person meeting for TG5 

 

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Terms Addressed

Term

Policy / OH&S Policy

Management System / OH&S Management System

Objective / OH&S Objective

Performance / OH&S Performance

Compliance Obligation / Legal Requirement

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Terms Addressed

Term

Worker

Workplace

Worker Representative – decision was no definition

Organization

Corrective Action

Incident

Ill Health / Illness – decision was no definition

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Terms Addressed by TG 2

Term

Risk / OH&S Risk

Hazard

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Terms Not Yet Fully Addressed

Term

Interested Party

Competence

Procedure

Outsource

Monitoring / Measurement

Audit

Conformity / Nonconformity

NOTE – Except for Procedure, these are all Annex SL Definitions.

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Focus of Discussion in Morocco

Term

Policy / OH&S Policy

Management System / OH&S Management System

Worker

Workplace

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Policy / OH&S Policy

• Policy – the intentions and directions of the organization, as formally expressed by its top management

(Annex SL Definition)

• OH&S policy

policy (3.xx) to prevent work-related injury and ill health to worker(s) (3.xx) and to provide a safe and healthy workplace(s) (3.xx)

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Management System / OHSMS

• Management System – set of interrelated or interacting elements of an organization to establish policies and objectives and processes to achieve those objectives

(Annex SL Definition)

• OH&S Management System

part of the management system (3.04) used to achieve the OH&S policy (3.07A)

Note 1 to entry: The overall objective of the OH&S management system is to prevent injury or ill health arising out of, linked with or occurring in the course of work.

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Worker / Workplace

• Worker – Person performing work or work-related activities, regularly or temporarily, under the direct or indirect control of the organization (3.xx)

Note 1 to entry - The OH&S management system applies to workers both when they are in a workplace and when they are performing work or work-related activities outside of a workplace.

• Workplace - Place under the direct or indirect control of the organization (3.xx) where a person(s) needs to be or to go by reason of their work

  Note 1 to entry - The OH&S management system applies to persons performing work or work-related activities in the workplace.

 

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Workplace in Morocco

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Why Define Both Worker & Workplace?

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Some OHSMS Standards Focus on the Workplace

In the Workplace Not in the Workplace

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Some OHSMS Standards Focus on the Worker

Person Not Doing Work Under the Control of the Organization

Person Doing Work Under the Control of the Organization

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We Combined Them Together

In the Workplace

Not in the Workplace

Person Not Doing Work Under the Control of the Organization

Person Doing Work Under the Control of the Organization

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When is Work Covered by the OHSMS

Person Working In the Workplace

covered

Not a Worker & Not in the Workplace

not covered

Worker WorkingIn the Workplace

covered

Worker Working Outside the Workplace

covered

Worker – Person performing work or work-related activities, regularly or temporarily, under the direct or indirect control of the organization

Workplace - Place under the direct or indirect control of the organization where a person(s) needs to be or to go by reason of their work

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Plan Going Forward – Work Still to Do for TG5

1. Finish Draft Text for Section 3 – there will be only 1 definition per term

2. Finalize the Resolution of the Comments on WD1

3. Consider the Need for Annex Guidance on Section 3 – Proposed by the U.S. In our comments

4. Continue Review of the Proposed CD Text for Consistency in Using the Terms Defined by TG5