Re: Should the identified hazards/risks necessarily have linkage with legal requireme
Hi BorisS and Samsung.
No big disagreements with what has been explained. If you have indeed complied with your legal requirements, and the auditor has evaluated and agreed (as Samsung said : which the auditor found OK in terms of establishment of procedure as well as compliance in practice.)
Its perhaps for this the minor NC is written out as these are practised effectively, but do not appear in the planning. (Plan as I can see is the hazard and risk evaluation)
... and here is the "shall" ... in the OHSAS 18001:2007
4.3 Planning
4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment and determining controls
The organization shall establish, implement and maintain a procedure(s) for the ongoing hazard identification, risk assessment, and determination of necessary controls.
The procedure(s) for hazard identification and risk assessment shall take into account: