AS/NZS 4801– 2000 Occupational health and safety management systems
This Standard specifies requirements for an occupational health and
safety management system (OHSMS), to enable an
organization to
formulate a policy and objectives taking into account legislative
requirements and information about OHS risks.
It applies to those
OHS hazards and related risks over which the organization may exert
control and over which it can be
expected to have an influence. It
does not state specific OHS performance outcomes.
This Standard is applicable to any organization that wishes to:
a) implement, maintain and improve an OHSMS;
b) assure itself of its conformance with its stated OHS policy;
c) demonstrate such conformance to others;
d) seek certification/registration of its OHSMS by an external
organization; or
e) make a self-determination and declaration of conformance with
the Standard.
All the requirements in the Standard are intended to be incorporated
into any OHSMS. The extent of the application will depend
on such
factors as the OHS policy of the organization, the nature of its
activities and the conditions in which it operates.
Effective implementation of an OHS management system should
seek to ensure the organization complies with relevant OHS
legislation,
standards and codes of practice.
However, the
implementation of any of the requirements of this Standard, whether
or not the organization has gained certification
from a third-party
certification body or is otherwise recognized, does not in any way
assure compliance with legal requirements,
or other obligations
placed upon the organization by a statutory body. Hence, the
implementation, either actual or intended, of this Standard, or parts
thereof, would not preclude any action by a statutory body.
NOTES
1) The Standard also provides informative guidance on the use of
the specification in Appendix A, a bibliography for further
reading
in Appendix B, and a correspondence of the
requirements of this Standard with AS/NZS ISO 14001 and AS/
NZS ISO 9001 in
Appendix C.
2) For ease of use, the clauses of the specification and Appendix A
have related numbers.