The Development Trend of the Occupational Health and Safety in the Context of ISO 45001:2018
Marek Šolc,
Peter Blaško,
Lenka Girmanová,
Juraj Kliment
Affiliations
Marek Šolc
Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Kosice, Letná 1/9, 04200 Kosice, Slovakia
Peter Blaško
Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Kosice, Letná 1/9, 04200 Kosice, Slovakia
Lenka Girmanová
Institute of Materials and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Kosice, Letná 1/9, 04200 Kosice, Slovakia
The main task of safety and health at work is to protect the most important thing we have, the health of each of us. Employers are able to anticipate and prevent risks by properly implemented occupational safety and health management systems. The basic task of the article is to describe the history of safety management systems to identify the state of implementation of the ISO 45001 system in the world. Subsequently, the article describes the ISO 45001 standard from the perspective of the PDCA cycle and describes the benefits and importance of implementing the ISO 45001 standard. The conclusion of the article deals with the development trend of the occupational health and safety management system according to STN ISO 45001:2019 in the context of occupational accidents in the conditions of the Slovak Republic.
