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Embed health and safety management in the way your organisation works. We help you identify hazards, assess risks, involve workers and develop practical controls, documentation and audit arrangements within an ISO 45001 management system.
ISO 45001:2018 sets requirements for an Occupational Health and Safety Management System. It supports hazard identification, assessment of OH&S risks and opportunities, worker consultation and participation, operational controls and continual improvement. Certification does not guarantee an incident-free workplace or legal compliance; the organisation retains its legal duties.
Current standard checked 4 November 2026: ISO 45001:2018, including Amendment 1:2024 on climate action.
A further revision is under development. A draft is not a replacement for the current published standard.
We begin by reviewing your current health and safety processes, risk controls, documentation and legal responsibilities. This helps identify any gaps and gives your organisation a clear starting point for building an ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management system.
We work with you to develop the policies, procedures and records needed to support ISO 45001. The aim is to create a health and safety management system that protects people, supports compliance and fits how your business actually operates.
We help your team put the system into practice through guidance, awareness and preparation. This may include reviewing risk assessments, incident processes, responsibilities and internal checks so your organisation feels confident ahead of certification.
Critical Path can support you up to certification readiness, but we do not audit or certify our own work. The final ISO 45001 audit must be completed by an external body, and we can point you towards trusted UKAS or non-UKAS certification providers.
ISO 45001 certification can help organisations provide safer and healthier workplaces, strengthen OH&S risk management and demonstrate a structured commitment to preventing work-related injury and ill health. An effective Occupational Health and Safety Management System can also support worker participation, operational resilience and continual improvement.
ISO 45001 helps organisations identify workplace hazards, manage OH&S risks and implement controls designed to prevent work-related injury and ill health.
ISO 45001 helps organisations identify workplace hazards, manage OH&S risks and implement controls designed to prevent work-related injury and ill health.
A structured OH&S Management System helps organisations identify, understand and manage applicable health and safety legislation, regulatory requirements and other relevant obligations.
A structured OH&S Management System helps organisations identify, understand and manage applicable health and safety legislation, regulatory requirements and other relevant obligations.
ISO 45001 promotes safer working conditions and proactive health risk management, supporting the physical and psychological health and well-being of workers.
ISO 45001 promotes safer working conditions and proactive health risk management, supporting the physical and psychological health and well-being of workers.
Preventing incidents and work-related ill health can help reduce disruption, absence, investigation time, operational losses and other costs associated with poor safety performance.
Preventing incidents and work-related ill health can help reduce disruption, absence, investigation time, operational losses and other costs associated with poor safety performance.
ISO 45001 provides a structured approach to identifying hazards, assessing OH&S risks and acting on opportunities to improve workplace health and safety performance.
ISO 45001 provides a structured approach to identifying hazards, assessing OH&S risks and acting on opportunities to improve workplace health and safety performance.
ISO 45001 certification can strengthen confidence among workers, customers, contractors, regulators and other interested parties by demonstrating structured health and safety management.
ISO 45001 certification can strengthen confidence among workers, customers, contractors, regulators and other interested parties by demonstrating structured health and safety management.
ISO 45001 certification can support tender applications and supply-chain requirements where customers expect evidence of effective occupational health and safety management.
ISO 45001 certification can support tender applications and supply-chain requirements where customers expect evidence of effective occupational health and safety management.
Leadership commitment, worker consultation and participation help embed health and safety responsibilities into everyday decisions, behaviours and operational activities.
Leadership commitment, worker consultation and participation help embed health and safety responsibilities into everyday decisions, behaviours and operational activities.
A certified OH&S Management System demonstrates a proactive commitment to workplace health and safety, helping strengthen organisational credibility and business relationships.
A certified OH&S Management System demonstrates a proactive commitment to workplace health and safety, helping strengthen organisational credibility and business relationships.
Clear responsibilities, effective controls and fewer health and safety disruptions can support more consistent operations, improved productivity and stronger organisational resilience.
Clear responsibilities, effective controls and fewer health and safety disruptions can support more consistent operations, improved productivity and stronger organisational resilience.
Our team brings more than 15 years of industry experience to consultancy and implementation support for organisations of different sizes and sectors. We tailor support for your Occupational Health and Safety Management System to your activities, risks and objectives. We can help you prepare for independent certification; the certification decision rests with your chosen certification body.
ISO 45001:2018, including its 2024 climate action amendment, remains the current published occupational health and safety management system standard. It addresses leadership, worker consultation and participation, hazard identification, risk controls and continual improvement. Its purpose is to help organisations prevent work-related injury and ill health and improve health and safety performance.
No. ISO 45001 helps organisations identify applicable obligations, manage risks and evaluate compliance, but certification does not remove or automatically fulfil legal duties. Employers remain responsible for managing health and safety, including when an external adviser is appointed. The requirements that apply depend on the work, workforce and jurisdiction.
Our ISO 45001 consultancy can include gap analysis, hazard identification, risk assessments, tailored procedures, worker-consultation arrangements, training, internal audits, management reviews and mock audits. We help you build or improve a practical OH&S management system and prepare for independent certification. Your organisation implements the controls; the certification body makes the certification decision.
