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Every 15 seconds, somewhere in the world, a worker is killed and another 150 are injured. A new international project has estimated that work-related accidents and illnesses account for 4% of the Global GDP. In the EU, this is EUR 476 billion every year. The cost of work-related cancers alone…
Every day, thousands of lives are lost due to work accidents or fatal diseases linked to work activities. These are deaths that could and should have been prevented, and must be in the future. ISO 45001 aims to help organizations do just that. Here, Kristian Glaesel and Charles Corrie tell…
Preparing For The Future Of Occupational, Health And Safety Management With the emergence of globalization and its continual acceleration, the maintenance of physical and mental health of employees has gained momentum in the field of business management. That is why Occupational Health and Safety Management System has received increased attention…
In the 3rd article of the ISO 45001 series of commentaries, Chris J Ward discusses: What next for 45001. Do Brexit and “America First” mean an end to the need for global standards like 18001 and 45001? Or is there a greater need for some objective external standard? Will trade…
Many organizations have continued to see the growing need for ongoing implementation of safety within the workplace. In 1999, BSI (British Institute of Standards) released the OHSAS 18001 standard, the Occupational Health and Safety Management System. This standard was put into place on a global level and has continued to…
A shocking statistic of work-related accidents or diseases that occur daily is recorded worldwide. According to ILO, every day 6,300 workers die as a result of unfortunate events in the workspace or as a result of work-related diseases, meaning, one worker loses his life every 15 seconds. In 2014, this…
