Standards Hotlinks ANSI American National rida esti ‘mawansong ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers eee ASTM ASTM Intemational vwnwasline CEN Buropean Committee for andardization ‘wwwicenorm be Iso fl SBndaraaton a aate JCAHO Joint Commission fom Accreditation tof Heattheare Organizations savhujcaho.org NFPA National Fire Protection Assn, NIST National Institute Of Standards and ‘Technology wewnlst gov Standards Council ‘of Canada wowace UL Underwriters Laboratories fn rae its Solving the Mystery: A Summary of OHSAS 18000, ISO 18000 & ISO/IEC JTC-VSC31 Over the past six months, ASSE has received several inguires about ISO 18000. Those seeking this infor- ration have been attempting to research guidelines on safety management and have been incorrectly led to ISO 18000. is a common misconception among SH&E practitioners thatthe British Standards Institute's (BSD) Occupational Health and Safety Management Series (OHSAS) 18000, 18001 and 7” ieee ESE mg ANS! 2117.1 Revision | correct this misconception, a review of both OHSAS (RMUNT BUTE ays] 18000 and ISO T8000 is necessary en Darra vee Seen ete o#sAs 18000 o Subbed | The OHSAS 18000 series includes two different and addressing outstanding is The documents: OHSAS 18001:1999, Occupational Sinus eaten Health and Safety Management Systems: Henini aiartes Specifications; and OHSAS 180022000, Enotes nts) | Gecupational Health and Safety Management sen Systems: Guidelines for the Implementation of ere een (OHSAS 18001. In most cases, those asking about : | 150 18000 are actully looking forthe information aaa nn contained within OHSAS 18000. aceite ‘OHSAS 18001 is essentially an assessment specific ee cation for developing an OHS management system AR : to contro risks andl improve performance. It does een not offer specific performance criteria, nor does it age five detailed specifications for the design of a man figement system, OHSAS 18001 also explains how the OHS management system can be maintained | while responding to both internal and extemal influences. It is designed to be compatible with other safe- ty management systems standards and specifications such as 150 9001 Quality Management Systems, and [SO 14001, Environmental, in order to facilitate the integration of quality, environmental ancl OHS. ‘management systems 1S 18000 ‘The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) does not currently provide information on its website regarding standards still in draft form. The document that is often confused with OHSAS 18000 is ISO 18000, Information Technology: Radio Frequency Identification Standard for Item Management-Air Interface. In essence, this project is a series of draft standards that will deliver information and set param- eters for air interface communications when finalized. ‘The project is also identified as ISO 18000/ International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Joint ‘Technical Committee (JTC)-1/Subcommittee (SC) 31 or ISO 18000/TEC JTC-1/SC31. The JTC is unique in that itis currently the only ISO document which isa joint project between ISO and TEC, SC 31, Automatic Identification and Data Capture Techniques, is made up of four individual working groups. The ISO 18000 project is part of Working Group 4, Radio-Frequency Identification for Item Management. Its objec- tive is to provide standards for interoperability of noncontact omani-directional wireless radio frequency identification devices that can store, transmit and receive data while in operation. 'AS noted, ISO 18000 is administrated jointly by ISO and IEC; however, the actual breakdown of the administrative process is as follows: ‘*The Uniform Code Council holds the Intemational Capacity or secretariat to JT'C-1/SC31 ‘The Information Technology Council currently holds the US TAG administrative duties to JTC-1 | +Food Marketing Institute currently holds the US TAG administrative duties to SC 31 ‘The family of draft standards includes: TR Tes Cones Paramore for Air Interace Communication for Globally Accepted Frequencies TIS0 180002 Parameters for Air interface Communications below 125 KHz © 1800.3 Parameters fr Air Interface Communications a 13.56 Mi oe 5IS0 180008, Parameters for airterace Communion at 38 Gz {ISO 18000 Parameters for Airlmerace Communiations at UE {ISO 180007, Parameters for Ai Iterace Cammuracatins a 2992 MBtz {ISD 1601, lformote Teewetogys AIC Techniques RFID fr tem Management Application | reguements Prise worwasseorg MARCH 2008 PROFESSIONAL SAFETY 13