QI:The implementation of an OH&S management system is a strategic
and operational decision for an
organization. The success of the OH&S management system depends on leadership, commitment and
participation from all levels and functions of the organization.
The implementation and maintenance of an OH&S management system, its effectiveness and its ability
to achieve its intended outcomes are dependent on a number of key factors.
Which can include:
A. top management leadership, commitment, responsibilities and accountability;
B. top management developing, leading and promoting a culture in the organization that supports theintended outcomes of the OH&S management system;
C. communication;
D. consultation and participation of workers, and, where they exist, workers’ representatives;
E. allocation of the necessary resources to maintain it;
F. OH&S policies, which are compatible with the overall strategic objectives and direction of theorganization;
G. effective process(es) for identifying hazards, controlling OH&S risks and taking advantage of OH&S
H. opportunities;
I. continual performance evaluation and monitoring of the OH&S management system to improveOH&S performance;
J. integration of the OH&S management system into the organization’s business processes;
K. OH&S objectives that align with the OH&S policy and take into account the organization’s hazards,OH&S risks and OH&S opportunities;
L. Compliance with its legal requirements and other requirements.
Demonstration of successful implementation of this document can be used by an organization to give
assurance to workers and other interested parties that an effective OH&S management system is in
Place. Adoption of this document, however, will not in itself guarantee prevention of work-related injury
And ill health to workers, provision of safe and healthy workplaces and improved OH&S performance.
The level of detail, the complexity, the extent of documented information and the resources needed
to ensure the success of an organization’s OH&S management system will depend on a number of
factors, such as:
- the organization’s context (e.g. number of workers, size, geography, culture, legal requirements and
- other requirements);
- the scope of the organization’s OH&S management system;
- The nature of the organization’s activities and the related OH&S risks.
