ANSI/AIHA

There are at least two industry consensus standards for injury and illness prevention programs. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) have published a voluntary consensus standard, ANSI/AIHA ZIO—2005 Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (ANSI/AIHA 2005). The Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) Project Group, a consortium of selected Registrars, national standards bodies, professional associations and research institutes, has produced a similar document, OHSAS 18001—2007 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSAS Project Group 2007). These consensus-based standards have been widely accepted in the world of commerce and adopted by many businesses on a voluntary basis. 

ANSI/AIHA (2005). American National Standard-Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. ANSI/AIHA ZlO-2005. 

A good guideline for what elements a safety management system should contain is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), ANSI/AIHA ZlO-2005 American National Standard Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. A similar standard exists for the construction and demolition industry ANSI/ASSE AlO.38-2000 (R2007) Basic Elements of an Employer s Program to Provide a Safe and Healthful Work Environment. 

American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). 1992. Laboratory Ventilation. ANSI/AIHA Z9.5-1992. Fairfax, Va. AIHA. 

SMS Element 30CFR 585 Current TRB Study (BSEE TA R 686) API RP 75 1 MO-ISM ILO- OSH 2011 MMS TA R 633 Cape Wind SMS Description ANSI/ AIHA/ ASSE Z10-2012 OHSAS 18001 OSHA PSM 29CFR 1910 OSHA Safety and Health Guidelines BSEE TA R 709 (PMSS Sample SMS)... 

ANSI/AIHA ZlO-2012 — Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. 

An abstract is provided for each chapter to serve as a content reference. This book gives guidance on applying the provisions of ANSI/AIHA ZlO-2005, the Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Standard, and on serious injury prevention as interrelated subjects. The order in which chapters appear supports that rationale. 

Achieving Acceptable Risk Levels The Operational Goal ANSI/AIHA... 

AN OVERVIEW OF ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005 THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS... 

ANSI/AIHA ZlO-2005. Occupational Health and Sttfety Management Systems Standard. Fairfax, VA American Indnsirial Hygiene Association, 2005. Also available at, http //www.aiha.org/marketplace.hlm. 

Safety professionals can expect that being able to make documented risk assessments will be necessary for their job retention and career enhancement. That premise has acquired weight because of the more frequent inclusion of risk assessment provisions in safety standards and guidelines. ANSI/AIHA ZlO-2005 is an example. Other standards and guidelines requiring such provisions are discussed in Chapter 9, Including Risk Assessment Provisions in Standards and Guidelines A Trend. ... 

ANSI/AIHA ZIO is an occupational health and safety management standard and its definitions of hazard and risk are, understandably, worker injury and illness related. They do not include considerations for possible damage to the environment or damage to property or business downtime. This chapter has a broader purpose, as will be seen. 

In March 2006 the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) issued the first edition of CSA ZlOOO-6, the Occupational Health and Safety Management Standard. It is similar in many respects to ANSI/AIHA ZlO-2005. Its Hazard and risk identification and assessment provision reads as follows The organization shall establish and maintain a process to identify and assess hazards and risks on an ongoing basis. The results of this process shall be used to set objectives and targets and to develop preventive and protective measures. ... 

The Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Standard, ANSI/ AIHA ZIO-2005, was approved in July 2005. Much is written in this book about its risk assessment and prioritization provisions. 

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