45001 Occupatıonal Health And Safety Management System Standard And Transıtıon Process

Today,

there are many reasons that impair the health of employees in workplaces. Due

to these reasons, employees suffer from work accidents and occupational

diseases and even become disabled as a result. It has been felt necessary to

carry out occupational health and safety studies in order to prevent the

employees from becoming disabled and sick in the workplaces. The main purpose

of Occupational Health and Safety is to determine the dangers and risks that

may harm the health of the employees in the working environment and to take

precautions, to ensure that the employees work in a comfortable and safe

environment, to ensure a complete physical and mental well-being and to

maintain it at a desired level.<o:p></o:p>

For

this reason, in order to prevent or minimize work accidents and occupational

diseases in our country, the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331 was

published in the Official Gazette on 30 June 2012 and put into force on 01

January 2013. Following the Occupational Health and Safety Law, regulations,

directives and communiqués have been published. With the Occupational Health

and Safety Law No. 6331, it is obligatory that all workplaces will benefit from

occupational health and safety services, regardless of the number of employees,

and that workplaces have to be divided into three hazard classes and require

service according to the hazard class.<o:p></o:p>

In

addition, OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standard

was used to identify and manage the risks and hazards that might occur in the

From the point of Occupational Health and Safety. However, although this

standard includes many issues in terms of Occupational Health and Safety, since

it is not an ISO standard, ISO standard was started to be developed instead and

TS (ISO) 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Systems standard was published in

2018.<o:p></o:p>

The

purpose of implementing an Occupational Health and Safety management system in

workplaces is to ensure that the workplace is safe and healthy and to protect

employees from work accidents and occupational diseases that may occur while

they are working, that is, to take preventive measures to prevent work

accidents and occupational diseases, and to continuously improve Occupational

Health and Safety performance. The Occupational Health and Safety management

system will help a business meet legal and other requirements.<o:p></o:p>