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Jan 25

NEW Health and Safety Standards! (ISO 45001)

Many, many organizations make health and safety a priority. I’ve been to a considerable number of companies that emphasize the importance of health and safety, and make it part of their strategy and daily operations. These companies have been relying on OHSAS 18001 to properly manage such programs.

In the past few years we’ve seen ISO 9001 (quality) and ISO 14001 (environmental) considerably transition with the new 2015 Standards. Well, the new ISO 45001 Standard will be published in March of this year. This new international standard will replace the OHSAS 18001 Standard, which currently is a British standard.

This new 45001 Standard will follow the ISO Annex SL, which is a 10-Element ‘standard for standards’. By design, this new Standard will integrate well with both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.

For more information on the progress of ISO 45001 and with help on transitioning to this new standard, please contact us to discuss. ([email protected], or 843.297.2596)

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Rick is the President, CEO, and founder of Competitive Edge Performance Solutions, headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. Rick has over 30 years of experience in management, and over 25 years of training experience. Rick has developed highly effective training materials and models in many disciplines and has taught these sessions all over the United States. Rick specializes in leadership, teamwork, management systems, systematic process improvement, strategy, continuous improvement, project management, performance management, innovation, re-engineering, organizational development, auditing strategies, risk management, executive coaching, and human resources management. Rick has been involved in the writing of many national guidance manuals associated with organizational management, environmental management, Lean Six Sigma, and continuous improvement. Rick is an adjunct professor at a Charleston college. As a professor he teaches management, strategy, communication, quality, auditing, and human resource management courses.