#ISO45001vs #OSHAS18001 vs #AS/NZS4801
- Fahad Gohar
- Jan 8, 2019
- 2 min read



ISO45001:2018
4 Context of the Organisation
4.1 Understanding the organisation and its context
OHSAS 18001:2007
No Equivalent
AS/NZS 4801:2001
No Equivalent
ISO45001:2018
4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties
OHSAS 18001:2007
No Equivalent
AS/NZS 4801:2001
No Equivalent
ISO45001:2018
4.3 Determining the scope of the OH&S Management System
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.1 General Requirements
AS/NZS 4801:2001
No Equivalent
ISO45001:2018
4.4 OH&S Management system
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.1 General Requirements
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.1 General Requirements
ISO45001:2018
5 Leadership and Worker Participation
5.1 Leadership and commitment
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility, accountability and authority
AS/NZS 4801:2001
Refer 4.4.1.2
ISO45001:2018
5.2 OH&S Policy
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.2 OH&S Policy
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.2 OH&S Policy
ISO45001:2018
5.3 Organisational Roles, responsibilities and authorities
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.4.3.2 Participation and consultation
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.4.1.2 Responsibility and Accountability
ISO45001:2018
5.4 Consultation and participation of workers
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility, accountability and authority
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.4.3 Consultation, communication and reporting
ISO45001:2018
6 Planning
6.1 Actions to address risk and opportunities
6.1.1 General
OHSAS 18001:2007
No Equivalent
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.3 Planning
4.3.1 Planning for identification of hazards, hazard/risk assessment and control of hazards/risks
ISO45001:2018
6.1.2 Hazard identification and assessment of risks and opportunities
6.1.2.1 Hazard identification
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment and determining controls
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.4.6.2 Hazard identification
ISO45001:2018
6.1.2.2 Assessment of OH&S risks and other risks to the OH&S system
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment and determining controls
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.4.6.3 Hazard/risk assessment
ISO45001:2018
6.1.2.3 Assessment of OH&S opportunities and other opportunities
OHSAS 18001:2007
No Equivalent
AS/NZS 4801:2001
No Equivalent
ISO45001:2018
6.1.3 Determination of legal requirements and other requirements
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.3.2 Legal and other requirements
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.3.2 Legal and other requirements
ISO45001:2018
6.1.4 Planning action
OHSAS 18001:2007
No Equivalent
AS/NZS 4801:2001
No Equivalent
ISO45001:2018
6.2 OH&S objectives and planning to achieve them
6.2.1 OH&S Objectives
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.3.3 Objectives and programme(s)
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.3.3 Objectives & targets
ISO45001:2018
6.2.2 Planning to achieve the OH&S objectives
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.3.3 Objectives and programme(s)
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.3.4 OH&S Management Plans
ISO45001:2018
7 Support
7.1 Resources
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility, accountability and authorities
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.4 Implementation
4.4.1 Structure and responsibility
4.4.1.1 Resources
ISO45001:2018
7.2 Competence
7.3 Awareness
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.4.2 Competence, training and awareness
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.2.2 Training & Competency
ISO45001:2018
7.4 Communication
7.4.1 General
7.4.2 Internal Communication
7.4.3. External Communication
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.4.3 Communication, participation and consultation
4.4.3.1 Communication
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.4.3.2 Communication
ISO45001:2018
No Equivalent
OHSAS 18001:2007
No Equivalent
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.4.3.3 Reporting
ISO45001:2018
7.5 Documented Information
7.5.1 General
7.5.2 Creating and updating
7.5.3 Control of documented information
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.4.4 Documentation
4.4.5 Control of Documents
4.5.4 Control of Records
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.4.4 Documentation
4.4.5 Document and data control
4.5.3 Records and records management
ISO45001:2018
8 Operation
8.1 Operational planning and control
8.1.1 General
8.2.2 Elimination hazards and reducing OH&S risks
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.4 Implementation and operation
4.4.6 Operational Control
4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment and determining control
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.4.6.4 Control of hazards/risks
ISO45001:2018
8.1.3 Management of change
8.1.4 Procurement
8.1.4.1 General
8.1.4.2 Contractors
8.1.4.3 Outsourcing
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment and determining control
4.4.6 Operational control
AS/NZS 4801:2001
No standard equivalent – however refer to 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4.2, 4.4.1.2 and 4.4.6.2
ISO45001:2018
8.2 Emergency preparedness and response
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.4.7 Emergency preparedness and response
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.4.7 Emergency preparedness and response
ISO45001:2018
9 Performance Evaluation
9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and performance evaluation
9.1.1 General
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.5.1 Performance measurement and monitoring
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.5 Measurement and Evaluation
4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement
4.5.1.1 General
ISO45001:2018
9.1.2 Evaluation of Compliance
OHSAS 18001:2007
5.5.2 Evaluation of compliance
AS/NZS 4801:2001
No Equivalent
ISO45001:2018
9.2 Internal Audit
9.2.1 General
9.2.2 Internal Programme
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.5.5 Internal Audit
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.5.5 OHSMS Audit
ISO45001:2018
9.3 Management Review
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.6 Management Review
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.6 Management Review
ISO45001:2018
10 Improvement
10.2 Incident, nonconformity and corrective action
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.5.3.1 Incident investigation
4.5.3.2 Nonconformity corrective action and preventive action
AS/NZS 4801:2001
4.5.2 Incident Investigation, corrective action and preventive action
ISO45001:2018
10.3 Improvement
OHSAS 18001:2007
4.2 OH&S Policy
AS/NZS 4801:2001
No standalone equivalent – however refer to 4.4.1.1, 4.4.1.2, 4.4.3.3, 4.5.4 and 4.6
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