Occupational Health & Safety

ISO 45001:2018 remains the current published standard and was confirmed by ISO in 2024. It also has a 2024 climate action amendment. ISO has also registered ISO/DIS 45001 as a draft standard under development, which is intended to replace ISO 45001:2018 once finalised. (ISO)

Our platform supports ISO 45001:2018 now and is structured to allow future alignment with the developing ISO/DIS 45001 requirements as the revision progresses.

ISO 45001 helps you show that your organisation has a systematic approach to keeping people safe. It expects you to understand your hazards, assess risks, apply controls, consult with workers, meet legal requirements, plan for emergencies, investigate incidents and continually improve.

In plain terms, it helps you answer these questions. What could harm people? Who could be affected? What controls are in place? Are workers involved? Are legal requirements understood? Are incidents investigated? Are improvements made before something serious happens?

The platform breaks ISO 45001 into plain-English questions. You provide evidence for each area, such as risk assessments, training records, inspections, permits, incident reports or consultation records. The AI review checks whether the evidence appears to meet the requirement and identifies where further evidence may be needed.

This makes the audit process easier to manage, especially for small and medium-sized organisations that may have good controls in place but struggle to present evidence in a traditional audit format.

We review whether your organisation understands the internal and external issues that affect health and safety. This may include the nature of work, workforce arrangements, contractors, premises, legal duties, customer requirements and industry risks.

Typical evidence may include a context review, interested parties register, risk register, legal register, organisational chart, process map, contractor list or management review minutes.

We check whether your health and safety management system scope reflects the work you actually control or influence. This includes locations, workers, contractors, activities, services and relevant outsourced processes.

Typical evidence may include the OH&S scope statement, site list, business activity description, organisation chart, premises information and contractor arrangements.

ISO 45001 places strong emphasis on leadership, worker consultation and worker participation. We review whether top management is involved and whether workers are given meaningful ways to raise concerns, contribute to risk controls and participate in health and safety improvement.

Typical evidence may include health and safety policy, responsibilities matrix, safety meetings, consultation records, toolbox talks, worker feedback, committee minutes, near-miss reports and action logs.

This is a core part of ISO 45001. We check whether hazards have been identified and whether risks are assessed and controlled using an appropriate method.

Typical evidence may include risk assessments, method statements, safe systems of work, COSHH assessments, manual handling assessments, DSE assessments, workplace transport assessments, fire risk assessments, lone working assessments and site-specific controls.

We review whether applicable health and safety legal requirements have been identified and whether compliance is evaluated.

Typical evidence may include a legal register, compliance evaluation records, fire risk assessment, PAT testing records, LOLER or PUWER inspection records where applicable, first aid arrangements, fire marshal training, statutory inspection records, accident book, RIDDOR review and management review minutes.

We check whether your safety objectives are relevant, measurable and linked to risk reduction or performance improvement.

Typical evidence may include OH&S objectives, action plans, accident reduction targets, training targets, inspection completion targets, responsible persons, deadlines and progress updates.

We review whether workers and contractors are competent to carry out their work safely and whether relevant safety information is communicated effectively.

Typical evidence may include training matrices, induction records, qualifications, licences, toolbox talks, safety alerts, RAMS briefings, contractor inductions and communication records.

We review how day-to-day work is controlled. This may include safe systems of work, contractor management, procurement controls, maintenance, inspections, site rules, permit systems and supervision.

Typical evidence may include procedures, RAMS, permits to work, site inspection records, equipment maintenance logs, contractor approvals, visitor arrangements and supervision records.

We check whether foreseeable emergencies have been identified and whether your response arrangements are planned, communicated and tested.

Typical evidence may include fire procedures, evacuation plans, emergency drills, first aid arrangements, fire alarm tests, fire extinguisher servicing, emergency contacts, spill response where relevant and post-drill reviews.

We review how incidents, near misses and safety concerns are reported, investigated and acted upon.

Typical evidence may include accident records, near-miss reports, incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, photographs, communication records and lessons learned.

We check whether you monitor OH&S performance and use the results to improve.

Typical evidence may include inspection results, accident statistics, near-miss trends, training completion data, internal audit reports, compliance evaluations, management review minutes and action tracking.

The platform provides a clear audit output showing where your OH&S management system appears to meet ISO 45001, where more evidence is needed, and where potential findings may require action.

This can support internal audit, supplier assurance, certification preparation, legal compliance review and general health and safety improvement.

ISO 45001 helps you prove that you are actively managing health and safety, not just reacting when things go wrong. Our AI-supported remote audit helps you gather the evidence, understand the gaps and improve with confidence.