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STANDARDS UPDATE
The New ANSI/ASSP Z10.0 Standard and Its Implementation
The newest ANSI/ASSP Z10 standard is both important for safety systems and considerate of many factors. Here’s a walk through the standard, its features, its “sister documents” and implementation considerations.
BY GREG ZIGULIS
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Many Occupational Health & Safety Maga- zine readers probably know that newest version of the ANSI/ASSP Z10 standard (ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019, Occupational
Health and Safety Management Systems) was ap- proved in August of 2019. This article summarizes some important and interesting changes made in this version, mentions some features of its new and helpful “sister documents,” and shares implementation con- siderations.
But first, briefly, what is an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) standard?
An OHSMS standard is a document that de- scribes a required set of processes intended to help organizations improve safety and reduce the risk of injuries and illnesses. There are a few different OHSMS models, and they tend to have several re- quirements in common.
Z10.0-2019 is a consensus standard developed un- der the protocols of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), with the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) as Secretariat. It essentially pro- vides an outline for what a comprehensive system would include. Representatives from a wide variety of
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