A. Review Issues and Questions

1.	Publication date.	1996.
2.	Status: final, draft, other.	Final.
3.	Pending revisions.	Yes. TC 207 has begun to consider revisions.
4.	Publishing Organization type.	International standards organization.
5.	Type of OHSMS.	It is an environmental management system. It is voluntary.
6.	Is it used by regulatory agencies to achieve agency mandate?	Varies between countries and regulatory agencies.
7.	Is it meant to be an auditable standard?	Yes.
8.	Is it used as an auditable standard?	Yes. Contains shall statements.
9.	Is it a management system?	Yes.
10.	Are there technical appendices?	Yes.
11.	Is there a companion audit guidance document?	No. Not published by ISO. There are commercially available documents.
12.	Are there stated limitations of use?	No.

B. Review Comments

ISO 14001 was developed by ISO Technical Committee (TC) 207 and published in 1996. It is an environmental management system (EMS) that is included in this analysis because of its widespread use as a template for OHS management systems. Since the promulgation of this standard, many organization have been using ISO 14001 to integrate environmental, health and safety management systems. In 1995-96 there were discussion within TC 207 on whether to incorporate health and safety aspects into ISO 14001. This issue was subsequently considered by ISO, and rejected.

C. Outline

D. Analysis Checklist

	Management System Variable		Notes
1.0	Management Commitment and Resources	x
1.1	Reg. Compliance and OHSMS Conformance	x
1.2	Accountability, Responsibility, and Authority	x
2.0	Employee Participation
3.0	Occupational Health & Safety Policy	x
4.0	Goals and Objectives	x
5.0	Performance Measures	x	Not explicitly addressed. Can be inferred from "environ. aspects."
6.0	System Planning and Development	x
6.1	Baseline Eval. and Hazard/Risk Assessment	x
7.0	OHSMS Manual and Procedures	x
8.0	Training System	x
8.1	Technical Expertise and Personnel Qualifications	x
9.0	Hazard Control System	x
9.1	Process Design	x
9.2	Emergency Response	x
9.3	Hazardous Agent Management
10.0	Preventive and Corrective Action	x
11.0	Procurement and Contractor Selection	x
12.0	Communication System	x
12.1	Document and Record Management System	x
13.0	Evaluation System	x
13.1	Auditing and Self-Inspection	x
13.2	Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis
13.3	Medical Program and Surveillance		No. This is an environmental management system.
14.0	Continual Improvement	x
15.0	Integration	x
16.0	Management Review	x

IOHA Report to ILO on an International OHSMS - Appendix C [Title page]     [Table of Contents]     Chapters: I II III     Appendices: A B C D E F G

Updated by AS. Approved by EC. Last update: 30.11.2004.