ISO 45001 / Upgrade from OHSAS 18001 to ISO45001

The new ISO 45001 standard does not have many mandatory procedures, and in fact most of the documented information required for the standard is composed of records. That being said, if you find a procedure that you have in place to be useful, even if it is not required for the new ISO 45001 standard, then you should keep that procedure. What is a valuable activity is to go through any procedures that are not required and determine fi they are of value; if not then get rid of them.

One other thing to note, although the standard uses the term documented information to mean both procedures and records it is not mandatory for you to change your terminology. Don’t confuse people by changing from the terms procedure and records if that is what they understand.

You can find out more about the required documentation in the whitepaper: Checklist of Mandatory Documentation Required by ISO 45001, https://info.advisera.com/45001academy/free-download/checklist-of-mandatory-documentation-required-by-iso-45001