Control of documents in OHSAS 18001
Control of documents in OHSAS 18001
Clause 4.4.5
Documents required by the OH&S management system and by this OHSAS Standard shall be controlled.
Records are a special type of document and shall be controlled in accordance with the requirements
given in 4.5.4.The organization shall establish, implement and maintain a procedure(s) to:
a) approve documents for adequacy prior to issue;
b) review and update as necessary and re-approve documents;
c) ensure that changes and the current revision status of documents are identified;
d) ensure that relevant versions of applicable documents are available at points of use;
e) ensure that documents remain legible and readily identifiable;
f) ensure that documents of external origin determined by the organization to be necessary for the planning and operation of the OH&S management system are identified and their distribution controlled; and
g) prevent the unintended use of obsolete documents and apply suitable identification to them if they are retained for any purpose.
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