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Correspondence between standards ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, OHSAS 18001:2007

Correspondence between management-system standards

ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, OHSAS 18001:2007
Earlier, the author had shared on www.acedamia.edu a correspondence between
standards ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007, which was
widely liked and used. Since then, ISO has published its OHSMS standard ISO
45001:2018 to replace OHSAS 18001:2007.
So, the author now presents correspondence between these four management-
system standards. Again, this is based on the actual content/coverage of the
clauses, and not on just the similarities of the clause headings.
The purpose is to facilitate, (a) the understanding and appreciation of relative
coverage/content of these standards; (b) the structuring for an ‘integrated
management system’ of these standards in any combination; (c) the upgradation of
OHSAS 18001:2007 based system to ISO 45001:2018 based system; and/or (d) the
planning for ‘integrated audits’ against these standards in any combination.
Any such correspondence is not available elsewhere under any of these standards.
ISO have also not provided any such correspondence in their year 2015 and 2018
versions of standards, apparently because all these ISO standards now use a
‘common clause structure and approach’ and ‘identical core text’ as mandated by
ISO to ‘benefit users to implement multiple ISO management system standards’. Still,
the clause structures of such ISO standards differ down the line at places, even for
the clauses of overall systemic controls, as apparent in the tabulation below.
Even though the correspondence shown here may suggest the similarity in
content/coverage under respective clauses of these standards, but the exact
requirements are not similar but differ under the below-shown corresponding clauses,
even if the clause headings are same/similar. This is true even in case of standards
ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, which use ‘common clause structure and
approach’ and ‘identical core text’, as mandated by ISO.

ISO 9001:2015 ISO 14001:2015 ISO 45001:2018 OHSAS 18001:2007

1 SCOPE 1 SCOPE 1 SCOPE 1 SCOPE
2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES 2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES 2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES 2 REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
3 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
4 CONTEXT OF THE ORGANIZATION (Title) 4 CONTEXT OF THE ORGANIZATION (Title) 4 CONTEXT OF THE ORGANIZATION (Title)
4.1 Understanding the organization and its context 4.1 Understanding the organization and its context 4.1 Understanding the organization and its context None
4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of
interested parties interested parties workers and other interested parties
4.3 Determining the scope of the QMS 4.3 Determining the scope of the EMS 4.3 Determining the scope of the OHSMS 4.1 General requirements, para-2
4.4 QMS and its processes (Title) None
4.4.1 (para-1 about QMS) 4.1 General requirements, para-1
4.4 Environmental management system 4.4 OH&S management system
4.4.1 (para-2 about processes of QMS)
4.4.2 (about documented information on processes) None
5 LEADERSHIP (Title) 5 LEADERSHIP (Title) 5 LEADERSHIP & WORKER PARTICIPATION (Title) None

5.1 Leadership and commitment (Title) None

4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility, accountability and
5.1.1 General 5.1 Leadership and commitment 5.1 Leadership and commitment authority, para-1 & 2.a
5.1.2 Customer focus
5.2 Policy (Title) None

5.2.1 Establishing the quality policy 5.2 Environmental policy, para-1 5.2 OH&S policy, para-1 4.2 OH&S policy

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5.2.2 Communicating the quality policy 5.2 Environmental policy, para-2 5.2 OH&S policy, para-2
5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and 4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility, accountability and
authorities authorities authorities authority, para-2.b and para-3 to 6
None 5.4 Consultation and participation of workers 4.4.3.2 Participation and consultation
6 PLANNING (Title) 6 PLANNING (Title) 6 PLANNING (Title) 4.3 PLANNING (Title)
6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities (Title) 6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities (Title) 6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities (Title)
6.1.1 (about requirements when planning QMS) 6.1.1 General, para-2 6.1.1 General, para-1
6.1.1 General, para-1 6.1.1 General, para-2 None
6.1.1 General, para-3 & 4 6.1.1 General, para-3 & 4
6.1.2 Hazard identification and assessment of risks and
None None
opportunities (Title)
6.1.2.1 Hazard identification
4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and
6.1.2 Environmental aspects 6.1.2.2 Assessment of OH&S risks and other risks to
determining controls, para-1 part, 2 to 4 & 7
the OHSMS, para-1 (a) & para-2
6.1.2.2 Assessment of OH&S risks and other risks to
6.1.2 (about addressing risks and opportunities)
None the OHSMS, para-1 (b) None
6.1.2.3 Assessment of OH&S opportunities and other
opportunities for the OHSMS
6.1.3 Determination of legal requirements and other
None 6.1.3 Compliance obligations 4.3.2 Legal and other requirements
requirements
4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and
6.1.4 Planning action 6.1.4 Planning action
determining controls, para-1
6.2 Quality objectives and planning to achieve them (Title) 6.2 Envirmtal objectives & planning to achieve them (Title) 6.2 OH&S objectives and planning to achieve them (Title) None
6.2.1 (about quality objectives) para-1 & 2 6.2.1 Environmental objectives, para-1 & 2 6.2.1 OH&S objectives 4.3.3 Objectives and programme(s), para-1 to 3
6.2.1 (about quality objectives) para-3 6.2.1 Environmental objectives, para-3 6.2.2 Planning to achieve OH&S objectives, para-2 4.3.3 Objectives and programme(s), para-1
6.2.2 (about achievement planning) 6.2.2 Planning actions to achieve environmental objectives 6.2.2 Planning to achieve OH&S objectives, para-1 4.3.3 Objectives and programme(s), para-4 & 5
6.3 Planning of changes None
7 SUPPORT (Title) 7 SUPPORT (Title) 7 SUPPORT (Title) 4.4 IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION (Title)
7.1 Resources (Title) None
4.4.1 Resources, roles, responsibility, accountability and
7.1.1 General 7.1 Resources 7.1 Resources authority, para-2.a
7.1.2 People
7.1.3 Infrastructure
7.1.4 Environment for the operation of processes
7.1.5 Monitoring and measuring resources (Title) None
7.1.5.1 General
7.1.5.2 Measuring traceability
7.1.6 Organizational knowledge
7.2 Competence 7.2 Competence 7.2 Competence 4.4.2 Competence, training & awareness, para-1 & 2
7.3 Awareness 7.3 Awareness 7.3 Awareness 4.4.2 Competence, training & awareness, para-3

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None 7.4 Communication (Title) 7.4 Communication (Title) 4.4.3 Communication, participation & consultation (Title)
7.4 Communication 7.4.1 General 7.4.1 General 4.4.3.1 Communication
None 7.4.2 Internal Communication 7.4.2 Internal Communication
7.4.3 External Communication 7.4.3 External Communication None
7.5 Documented information (Title) 7.5 Documented information (Title) 7.5 Documented information (Title)
7.5.1 General 7.5.1 General 7.5.1 General 4.4.4 Documentation
4.4.5 Control of documents, para-2 part
7.5.2 Creating and updating 7.5.2 Creating and updating 7.5.2 Creating and updating
4.5.4 Control of records, para-2 part
7.5.3 Control of documented information (Title) None
4.4.5 Control of documents, para-1
7.5.3.1 (about purpose of control) 7.5.3 Control of documented information, para-1 7.5.3 Control of documented information, para-1
4.5.4 Control of records, para-1
4.4.5 Control of documents, para-2 part
7.5.3.2 (about requirements for control) 7.5.3 Control of documented information, para-2 & 3 7.5.3 Control of documented information, para-2 & 3
4.5.4 Control of records, para-2 part & 3
8 OPERATION (Title) 8 OPERATION (Title) 8 OPERATION (Title) 4.4 IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION (Title)
None 8.1 Operational planning and control (Title) None
8.1 Operational planning and control, para-1 & 2 8.1 Operational planning and control, para-1 8.1.1 General 4.4.6 Operational control, para-1 & para-2 (a), (d), (e)
4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and
None 8.1.2 Eliminating hazards and reducing OH&S risks
determining controls, para-6
8.1 Operational planning and control, para-3 8.1 Operational planning and control, para-2 8.1.3 Management of change 4.4.6 Operational control, para-1
None 8.1.4 Procurement (Title) None
8.4.1 General, para-1 8.1 Operational planning and control, para-4 8.1.4.1 General 4.4.6 Operational control, para-2 (b)
None 8.1.4.2 Contractors 4.4.6 Operational control, para-2 (c)
8.1 Operational planning and control, para-4 8.1 Operational planning and control, para-3 8.1.4.3 Outsourcing None
8.1 Operational planning and control, para-1 (e) 8.1 Operational planning and control, para-5 None 4.4.6 Operational control, para-2 (d)
None 8.2 Emergency preparedness and response 8.2 Emergency preparedness and response 4.4.7 Emergency preparedness and response
8.2 Requirements for products and services (Title)
8.2.1 Customer communication
8.2.2 Determining the requirements for products & services
8.2.3 Review of the requirements for products & services (Title)
8.2.3.1 & 8.2.3.2 (about review, documented information)
8.2.4 Changes to requirements for products and services
8.3 D & D of products and services (Title)
8.3.1 to 8.3.6 – General, Planning, Inputs, Controls, None
Outputs, Changes
8.4 Control of externally provided processes, products
and services (Title)
8.4.1 General, para-2 & 3
8.4.2 Type and extent of control
8.4.3 Information for external providers

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8.5 Production and service provision (Title)
8.5.1 Control of production and service provision
8.5.2 Identification and traceability
8.5.3 Property belonging to customers or external providers
8.5.4 Preservation
8.5.5 Post-delivery activities
8.5.6 Control of changes None
8.6 Release of products and services
8.7 Control of nonconforming outputs (Title)
8.7.1 (about required control)
8.7.2 (about required documented information)
9 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Title) 9 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Title) 9 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (Title) 4.5 CHECKING (Title)
9.1 Monit, meas, analysis and evaluation (Title) 9.1 Monit, meas, analysis and evaluation (Title) 9.1 Monit, meas, analy & perform evaluation (Title) None
9.1.1 General, para-1 9.1.1 General, para-2 9.1.1 General, para-1 & 2
9.1.1 General, para-2 9.1.1 General, para-1 & 4 9.1.1 General, para-3
None 9.1.1 General, para-3 9.1.1 General, para-4 4.5.1 Performance measurement and monitoring
9.1.1 General, para-5 None
9.1.1 General, para-3 9.1.1 General, para-6 9.1.1 General, para-5
None 9.1.2 Evaluation of compliance 9.1.2 Evaluation of compliance 4.5.2 Evaluation of compliance
9.1.2 Customer satisfaction None
9.1.3 Analysis and evaluation None
9.2 Internal audit (Title) 9.2 Internal audit (Title) 9.2 Internal audit (Title)

9.2.1 (about general requirements) 9.2.1 General 9.2.1 General 4.5.5 Internal audit, para-1
9.2.2 (about audit programmes) 9.2.2 Internal audit programme 9.2.2 Internal audit programme 4.5.5 Internal audit, para-2 to 4
9.3 Management review (Title) None
9.3.1 General 9.3 Management review, para-1 9.3 Management review, para-1 4.6 Management review, para-1
9.3.2 Management review inputs 9.3 Management review, para-2 9.3 Management review, para-2 4.6 Management review, para-2
9.3.3 Management review outputs 9.3 Management review, para-3 & 4 9.3 Management review, para-3 & 5 4.6 Management review, para-3 & 1
None 9.3 Management review, para-4 4.6 Management review, para-4
10 IMPROVEMENT (Title) 10 IMPROVEMENT (Title) 10 IMPROVEMENT (Title)
None
10.1 General 10.1 General 10.1 General
10.2 Nonconformity and corrective action (Title) None 4.5.3 Incident investigation, NC, CA & PA (Title)
10.2 Incident, nonconformity and CA, para-1 & 5 4.5.3.1 Incident investigation, para-1 to 3
10.2.1 (about required actions) 10.2 Nonconformity and corrective action, para-1 & 2 10.2 Incident, nonconformity and CA, para-2 & 3 4.5.3.2 Nonconformity, CA and PA
10.2.2 (about required documented information) 10.2 Nonconformity and corrective action, para-3 10.2 Incident, nonconformity and CA, para-4 4.5.3.1 Incident investigation, para-4
10.3 Continual improvement 10.3 Continual improvement 10.3 Continual improvement None

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