This model is intended for use as a template in developing your Manual for the integration of the
new ISO 45001:2018 Occupational health and safety management system in the existing ISO
14001:2015 Environmental management system.
The integration / implementation approach applies for the management systems where
requirements are described in the standards:
- ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems – Requirements with
Guidance for use.
- ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems –
Requirements with guidance for use.
The above Management Systems are compatible with each other and have common
requirements that are described in clause 4 through clause 10 and detailed in:
- Clause 4 Context of the organization
- Clause 5 Leadership (and Leadership and worker participation)
- Clause 6 Planning
- Clause 7 Support
- Clause 8 Operation
- Clause 9 Performance evaluation
- Clause 10 Improvement
You have your ISO 14001 EMS in place and now have the objective of integrating the ISO
45001 OH&S in one integrated management system. The good news is that since you are
familiar with formal management systems, this initiative will be relatively straightforward.
Essentially, the documentation package for the management system will contain:
- One (1) combined Manual for the integrated Management System with minor upgrades
to reflect the EMS and OH&S requirements.
- A group of (11) existing procedures and (8) work instructions documents in your EMS
with minor updates to reflect the EMS and OH&S requirements,
- A group of (3) new OH&S procedures, (7) EMS-OHS procedures, and (3) new work
instructions will need to be developed and implemented.
- A group of forms and attachments (23) needed for the procedures and instructions.
In this template, instructions/ suggestions are outlined in brown text to provide examples of
typical upgrades. Manual and other documentation upgrade instructions are included following
the last section R of the manual to cover the upgraded EMS requirements, the integrated EMSOHS common requirements and the new health and safety requirements of ISO 45001:2018.
In addition, the blue text needs to be replaced with your information where for example, use
your company name in the spot indicated as “Your Company”.
Consider the text in brown as ISO 45001 “additions” to the documentation and treat the text
in blue as “revisions” or information that is specific to your company.
Text in black italics represents other general instructions for the particular section.