ISO 45001 revision: what is known, and what is not
ISO/DIS 45001 is Edition 2 of the occupational health and safety management system standard. It is in the enquiry phase: the DIS ballot closed on 9 September 2026 and the committee now decides the next stage. It is not published, it cannot be certified against, and its requirement text is not public. This page separates what the record proves from what is a summary and what is our estimate.
| Field | Public record | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Designation | ISO/DIS 45001, Edition 2, 48 pages | ISO page 89698 |
| Committee | ISO/TC 283, Occupational health and safety management; secretariat BSI | ISO page; DIS cover |
| Stage | 40.60 Close of voting, 9 September 2026 | ISO page |
| Ballot | Opened 16 June 2026, closed 8 September 2026 (12 weeks) | DIS cover; ISO page |
| Replaces | ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 45001:2018/Amd 1:2024 | ISO page; DIS foreword |
| Publication | ISO: expected in the first half of 2027. DNV: likely second half of 2027. Our planning date: 12 September 2027. | ISO page; DNV |
| Transition | No IAF document for this revision found on 18 October 2026. Three years is an assumption in the summaries and here. | IAF documents page; DNV; DQS |
| Text | Not public. ISO sells the draft. The public sample carries the contents and foreword, not the requirements. | ISO page; DIS sample |
The DIS foreword says this second edition cancels and replaces the first and is technically revised. Its list of main changes is not yet filled in the public sample, so this site does not pretend to have it.
The draft clause map
These are the clause titles in the public draft contents. The right-hand columns show where each 2018 requirement goes. A blank in the draft column means the public record does not show a new home for that duty, not that the duty has gone.
| 2018 | Requirement today | Draft | Draft title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | Understanding the organization and its context | 4.1 | Understanding the organization and its context | notes added |
| 4.2 | Understanding the needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties | 4.2 | Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties | renamed |
| 4.3 | Determining the scope of the OH&S management system | 4.3 | Determining the scope of the OH&S management system | retained |
| 4.4 | OH&S management system | 4.4 | OH&S management system | retained |
| 5.1 | Leadership and commitment | 5.1 | Leadership and commitment | restructured |
| 5.2 | OH&S policy | 5.2 | OH&S policy | restructured |
| 5.3 | Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities | 5.3 | Roles, responsibilities and authorities | renamed |
| 5.4 | Consultation and participation of workers | 5.4 | Consultation and participation of workers | restructured |
| 6.1.1 | General | 6.1.1 | General | retained |
| 6.1.2.1 | Hazard identification | 6.1.2 | Hazard identification and assessment of OH&S risks and OH&S opportunities | consolidated |
| 6.1.2.2 | Assessment of OH&S risks and other risks to the OH&S MS | 6.1.2 | Hazard identification and assessment of OH&S risks and OH&S opportunities | consolidated |
| 6.1.2.3 | Assessment of OH&S opportunities and other opportunities for the OH&S MS | 6.1.2 | Hazard identification and assessment of OH&S risks and OH&S opportunities | consolidated |
| 6.1.3 | Determination of legal requirements and other requirements | 6.1.3 | Determination of legal requirements and other requirements | retained |
| 6.1.4 | Planning action | 6.1.4 | Planning actions | retained |
| 6.2.1 | OH&S objectives | 6.2 | OH&S objectives and planning to achieve them | consolidated |
| 6.2.2 | Planning to achieve OH&S objectives | 6.2 | OH&S objectives and planning to achieve them | consolidated |
| 7.1 | Resources | 7.1 | Resources | retained |
| 7.2 | Competence | 7.2 | Competence | retained |
| 7.3 | Awareness | 7.3 | Awareness | retained |
| 7.4.1 | General | 7.4.1 | General | retained |
| 7.4.2 | Internal communication | 7.4.2 | Internal communication | retained |
| 7.4.3 | External communication | 7.4.3 | External communication | retained |
| 7.5.1 | General | 7.5.1 | General | retained |
| 7.5.2 | Creating and updating | 7.5.2 | Creating and updating | retained |
| 7.5.3 | Control of documented information | 7.5.3 | Control of documented information | retained |
| 8.1.1 | General | 8.1.1 | General | restructured |
| 8.1.2 | Eliminating hazards and reducing OH&S risks | 8.1.2 | Eliminating hazards and reducing OH&S risks | restructured |
| 8.1.3 | Management of change | 8.1.5 | Management of change | moved |
| 8.1.4.1 | Procurement, general | 8.1.6 | Externally provided processes, products and services | consolidated |
| 8.1.4.2 | Contractors | 8.1.6 | Externally provided processes, products and services | consolidated |
| 8.1.4.3 | Outsourcing | 8.1.6 | Externally provided processes, products and services | consolidated |
| 8.2 | Emergency preparedness and response | 8.2 | Emergency preparedness and response | restructured |
| 9.1.1 | General | 9.1 | Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation | restructured |
| 9.1.2 | Evaluation of compliance | 9.1.2 | Evaluation of compliance with legal requirements and other requirements | retained |
| 9.2.1 | General | 9.2.1 | General | retained |
| 9.2.2 | Internal audit programme | 9.2.2 | Internal audit programme | retained |
| 9.3 | Management review | 9.3 | Management review | restructured |
| 10.1 | General | 10.1 | Continual improvement | consolidated |
| 10.2 | Incident, nonconformity and corrective action | 10.2 | Nonconformity and corrective action | retained |
| 10.3 | Continual improvement | 10.1 | Continual improvement | consolidated |
The clauses that need their own page
| Draft | Clause | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | Planning of changes | new in the draft |
| 8.1.3 | Occupational health | new in the draft |
| 8.1.4 | Return to work following injury and ill health | new in the draft |
| 8.1.6 | Externally provided processes, products and services | replaces 8.1.4 |
| 10.1 | Continual improvement | consolidated |
The stage record and the planning dates
| Stage | What it means | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 10.99 | New project approved | 31 May 2024 |
| 20.00 | New project registered in the work programme | 27 June 2025 |
| 30.00 | Committee draft registered | 21 July 2025 |
| 30.60 | Close of comment period | 20 September 2025 |
| 30.99 | Committee draft approved for registration as DIS | 14 April 2026 |
| 40.00 | DIS registered | 17 April 2026 |
| 40.20 | DIS ballot initiated, 12 weeks | 16 June 2026 |
| 40.60 | Close of voting (the stage on this date) | 9 September 2026 |
| 40.92 / 40.93 / 40.99 | Report circulated: referred back, new ballot, or approved for FDIS | Not yet recorded |
| 50.00 / 50.60 | FDIS registered and its ballot closed | Not yet recorded |
| 60.00 / 60.60 | Under publication / published | 12 September 2027 estimate |
Stage dates to 40.60 are from the ISO page. Later dates are blank because ISO has not recorded them. The planning date is our estimate, derived from stage 40.60 and the 17 October 2026 rule date, and it is labelled as an estimate wherever it appears.
The direction of the revision
Two independent certification-body summaries, DNV and DQS, agree on the direction. The draft adopts the harmonized structure, which reorganizes some clauses without changing the substance; it adds work-related well-being and worker diversity across several clauses; it expands hazard identification for new technology, platform work, remote workers, psychosocial hazards, occupational health hazards and climate change; it adds occupational health and return to work; it consolidates external providers; and it expands Annex A. Both say the draft can still change before publication. Read the detail, with each point attributed.
The rules this is built from
Nothing here is invented. The 40 requirements that apply today are read from the held ISO 45001:2018 record, each with the evidence an auditor asks for and the ways it commonly fails. The revision layer is read from the public ISO stage record, the public draft contents and two named certification-body summaries. Where the record is silent, the page says so.
ISO 45001:2018, clause by clause
Each clause page states the requirement in our words, the evidence, the gaps and what to do before the revision lands.
Open the clause indexThe new and moved clauses
6.3, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.6 and the consolidated 10.1, read from the public record.
Read the revision mapAnnex A, clearly labelled
Informative guidance, not requirements. It explains how to read the clauses and what it does not add.
Open Annex AThe ISO 45001:2018 text is licensed and is not reproduced. The ISO/DIS 45001 text is not public and is not reproduced. The record this site reads is linked on the standards page.