Opportunity categories:

 Technology
 Training
 Audits
 Risk assessments
 Open-door policy
 Staff review meetings
 Staff competency quizzes
 Training matrix
 HR check-ups
 Whistle-blowing tool, such as Kiosk
 Near-miss preventive actions, taking data from Issue Manager
 Wellbeing initiatives
 Flexible working / stress management

Risk category examples:

 Fatality / hospitalization
 Lost time accident
 Minor injury or accident
 Slips, trips and falls
 Incidents or injuries
 Near miss
 Unsafe conditions or unsafe acts
"Decisions made by less skilled people can have serious consequences, simply because they do
not properly understand that their knowledge and experience is incomplete."

This is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect

The Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) of ISO 45001, the Occupational Health and Safety
Management System standard was published in late November with the final version published
on 12th of March 2018. The final standard was published with only very minor changes to the
FDIS version. This is the ninth in a series of blogs, in which we describe what the implementing
company must do in order to meet the requirement of the draft standard. We will look at clause
6.1: Actions to address risks and opportunities.
Clause 6: Planning

This clause provides guidance on how to plan for the OH&S management system, including
identifying and assessing the risks and opportunities associated with the organization and its
workers, and the actions necessary to deal with these risks and opportunities.

Clause 6.1: Actions to address risks and opportunities

Clause 6.1.1 General

Planning is an integral part of all elements of an OH&S management system. Effective planning
is concerned with prevention by identifying, eliminating and controlling hazards and risks. This
is particularly important when dealing with health risks, which might only become apparent after
a long gestation period. Planning should be a collaborative effort involving personnel throughout
the organization. This co-operation is eminently suitable for demonstrating and gaining
commitment to continual improvement and promoting a positive health and safety culture
throughout the organization.

Planning for the OH&S management system is an ongoing process and is undertaken in order:

 To determine the risks that can affect the OH&S performance of the organization;
 To manage these risks;
 To identify opportunities to improve OH&S performance and the OH&S management
system.

When planning for the OH&S management system, the organization should take into account the
following:

 The organization and its context (clause 4.1);

 The needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties (clause 4.2);
 The scope of the OH&S management system (clause 4.3).

Planning should be proportionate to the level of risk identified.

While the organization should consider all potential risks to its OH&S performance it should
focus on those hazards which are most likely to occur and/or have the greatest impact.

The company should concentrate on those opportunities that can realistically be acted upon, with
priority given to those that are most likely to improve performance.

Examples of opportunities to improve OH&S performance include the following:

 Identification of hazards, how they are communicated, analysed and controlled;

 Enhancing the inspection and auditing functions;
 Introduction of job safety analysis and task-related assessments;
 Modification of working processes including the alleviation of monotonous and repetitive
work;
 Implementation of permit-to-work processes;
 Incident or nonconformity investigations and corrective actions;
 Implementation of ergonomic and other injury prevention-related assessments;
 Integration of occupational health and safety considerations at the earliest stage in the
design life cycle of plant and equipment;
 Integration of occupational health and safety considerations at the earliest stage in
planning for facilities relocation, and/or process redesign;
 Introduction of new technology;
 Improvement of the occupational health and safety culture of the organization;
 Enhancing the visibility of top management’s support for the OH&S management
system;
 Enhancing the incident investigation process;
 Improving worker consultation and participation;
  Benchmarking of the organization’s OH&S performance against that of other
organizations;
 Collaborating in forums that review issues relating to occupational health and safety.

The organization must maintain documented information on:

 Risks and opportunities;

 The process and actions needed to determine and address its risks and opportunities to the
extent necessary to have confidence that they are carried out as planned.

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