Preventive Action
The term ‘preventative action’ has been removed from the draft version of the existing standard [OHSAS 18001]. The main purpose of the management system is to reduce and prevent OHS incidents, so it is argued that there is no need to include preventive action for this standard, with the same logic being applied to the draft ISO 14001 environmental standard.
However, now the definition of “ill health” has been removed from the draft version of ISO 45001, the want-to-be OHSAS 18001 successor – although he main purpose of the management system is to reduce and prevent OHS incidents, with “ill health” being one of these incidents.