A. Review Issues and Questions

1.	Publication date.	Not known.
2.	Status: final, draft, other.	Draft.
3.	Pending revisions.	Yes.
4.	Publishing Organization type.	National standards organization.
5.	Type of OHSMS.	Voluntary consensus standard.
6.	Is it used by regulatory agencies to achieve agency mandate?	Not known.
7.	Is it meant to be an auditable standard?	No. It is explicitly stated that this document is not a specification standard and is not to be used in certification/registration schemes.
8.	Is it used as an auditable standard?	Can be. Contains should statements.
9.	Is it a management system?	Yes.
10.	Are there technical appendices?	Yes.
11.	Is there a companion audit guidance document?	Yes.
12.	Are there stated limitations of use?	Yes.

B. Review Comments

This is a comprehensive OHSMS developed by the Jamaica Bureau of Standards. It is based on the ISO 14001 model. However, it contains "should" statements. It includes informative ‘practicable help" boxes.

Employee participation is addressed under the title, heading "Consultation, motivation, and awareness."

A manual is presented as a suggested recommendation. Not required.

An interesting component is the way this guideline handles "employee rehabilitation" (3.4.4.10). This is also enumerated in Annex E.

Another interesting aspect is the Critical Incident Recovery Plans (CIRP). These are meant to aid employees recovery following traumatic events...not necessarily physical injury...but psychological trauma is discussed.

The monitoring system is nicely presented...it includes 1) self-inspection; 2) inspection); and independent inspections.

Process design is handled well. Both in terms of on-going planning and in terms of process design.

Medical surveillance is defined in the definitions, but not in the guideline text. The necessity of first aid planning is addressed.

Annex D covers Risk Assessment. It is very similar in structure to Annex D in BS 8800.

C. Outline

D. Analysis Checklist

	Management System Variable		Notes
1.0	Management Commitment and Resources	x
1.1	Reg. Compliance and OHSMS Conformance	x	The organization must understand legal requirements.
1.2	Accountability, Responsibility, and Authority	x
2.0	Employee Participation	x
3.0	Occupational Health & Safety Policy	x
4.0	Goals and Objectives	x
5.0	Performance Measures	x	Performance indicators.
6.0	System Planning and Development	x
6.1	Baseline Eval. and Hazard/Risk Assessment	x
7.0	OHSMS Manual and Procedures	x	Manual suggested.
8.0	Training System	x
8.1	Technical Expertise and Personnel Qualifications	x
9.0	Hazard Control System	x
9.1	Process Design	x	Thorough coverage.
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	Emphasis on reporting.
13.0	Evaluation System	x
13.1	Auditing and Self-Inspection	x
13.2	Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis	x
13.3	Medical Program and Surveillance	x	First aid.
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.