Clause 8.1.1: General
The organization plans, puts in place, controls and keeps the processes required to satisfy what its OH&S management system demands, and to carry out the actions decided under Clause 6.
What clause 8.1.1 asks
The organization plans, puts in place, controls and keeps the processes required to satisfy what its OH&S management system demands, and to carry out the actions decided under Clause 6. It does this by setting criteria for those processes, controlling them against the criteria, keeping and retaining documented information that gives confidence the processes ran as intended, and fitting the work to the workers. Where several employers share a workplace, the organization coordinates the relevant parts of its system with the other organizations there.
Operational control is where the plan meets the work. The clause requires criteria for each process, control against those criteria, records that show it happened and work fitted to the worker.
Draft 8.1.1 General, from clause 8.1.1. The public summaries report expanded requirements in 8.1.1, including processes to improve workers' well-being, and the well-being emphasis carried into operational planning.
Evidence for clause 8.1.1
An auditor will watch a task and compare what happens with the criteria in the procedure, then ask how the work was adapted to the person doing it.
- Operational controlSafe work procedures with process criteria
- Operational controlRecords demonstrating controls applied as planned
- Operational controlEvidence work is adapted to workers (ergonomics, fitness for work)
- Operational controlCoordination arrangements at shared workplaces
Where clause 8.1.1 commonly fails
- No criteria to judge whether a control was applied correctly
- Shared workplaces with no coordination between employers
- Work not adapted to workers with changed capacity
What to do about clause 8.1.1 before the revision
Write a criterion for each critical control that can be observed. Add a well-being process, such as work design or workload review, with an owner. Record how work is adapted for changed capacity. Cover shared workplaces with a written coordination arrangement.
What the record shows for clause 8.1.1
An auditor working on clause 8.1.1 will start with Safe work procedures with process criteria. The failure this record sees most often is No criteria to judge whether a control was applied correctly. Both are carried into the kit as row 26, with an owner field and a dated action.
Read across from clause 8.1.1
Read the next clause in the group, or open the full index. The revision map shows the draft structure.
Source for clause 8.1.1: ISO 45001:2018, clause 8.1.1, retrieved 18 October 2026. The draft note rests on the public DIS contents and the two named summaries; the requirement, evidence and gaps are written from the held clause record. Every source.