What ISO 45001 is
ISO 45001 sets out requirements for an occupational health and safety management system: hazard identification, risk control, worker consultation and incident learning.
Who needs it
Construction, manufacturing, logistics, facilities and any employer whose clients require evidence of health and safety management, often through contractor schemes.
Revision pending. One certification body says ISO 45001 is still moving through the standards development process, with no date given. Ask any certification body how it will handle a revision.
How certification works
Certification is carried out by an independent certification body. The usual shape is a first-stage audit that checks your documents and readiness, a second-stage audit that checks the system is working in practice, then a certificate valid for three years. In between, surveillance audits happen at least annually, and a recertification audit closes the cycle. The certification bodies we read describe the same cycle (three-year certificate, annual surveillance).
Cost and time: the short version
- What ISO 45001 costs: published ranges, who published them, and what moves the number.
- How long ISO 45001 takes: from about three months for a small, prepared organisation, to a year in some accounts.
- Certification bodies for ISO 45001: 15 listed from their own pages, with the page we checked for each.
Some bodies that certify to ISO 45001
Choose the right certification body
Accreditation matters, and it is checked per standard and sector. GOV.UK says the UK national accreditation body is UKAS and that government only recognises UKAS accreditation of organisations operating in the UK. Read the checklist.