Worker consultation and participation
Non-managerial workers have to be consulted and take part in key decisions, and be protected from reprisals. The questionnaire assesses this separately from general communication.
ISO 45001:2018 + Amd 1:2024 · OH&S
Occupational health and safety, integrated with quality and environment.
Audexa turns ISO 45001 into a guided self-assessment of 65 controls, from worker consultation to incident investigation. You see what you have, what is missing and who has to close it, and you reuse the work you already did for ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
- 65 controls in 13 sections
- 117 mappings to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
- OH&S policy template included
ISO 45001 self-assessmentIn progress
62%
OH&S system maturitySample data
- Leadership and participation71%
- Hazard identification64%
- Operational control58%
- Contractors and outsourcing49%
- Incidents and improvement66%
65 controls, each with how to assess it and how to meet it
13 sections, from clauses 4 to 10 to 7 good practices
117 mappings: 56 to ISO 9001 and 61 to ISO 14001
5 languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian and German
What ISO 45001 asks for
ISO 45001 is a management system, not a checklist of safety rules.
ISO 45001 is a voluntary, certifiable standard. It sits on top of the health and safety law of each country, which applies whether or not you are certified.
Hazards and risk assessment
Routine and non-routine activities, work organisation, human factors, equipment, substances and past incidents all feed hazard identification and risk assessment.
Hierarchy of controls
Eliminate first, then substitute, engineer, organise and only then rely on protective equipment. Management of change and emergency preparedness follow from it.
Contractors and outsourcing
Procurement, contractor selection, control during the work and outsourced processes are part of the system, not an annex to it.
Climate change (Amd 1:2024)
The 2024 amendment asks you to decide whether climate change is a relevant issue and whether interested parties have related requirements. It is built into the context controls.
Integrated system
The structure shared with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 makes it possible to run one system for quality, environment and OH&S, with one management review and one internal audit.
Sources: ISO 45001:2018 (ISO)
How Audexa helps
From an ISO 45001 self-assessment to a plan that gets closed.
Questions written by Audexa for the people who run health and safety day to day. The text of the standard belongs to ISO; here you get the guidance to assess and meet it.
Assess
Know where your OH&S system stands against each requirement.
Guided questionnaire
Answer control by control with Yes, Partial, No or Not applicable. Each control explains how to assess it.
Applicability with a reason
Mark what does not apply or is out of scope, with a justification that travels with the result.
Audexa good practices
Psychosocial risks, indicators, PPE, road safety, coordination of business activities, health surveillance and root cause analysis.
Remediate
Every finding with an owner and a closure criterion.
How to meet it
Concrete steps, expected evidence, suggested owner, closure criterion and when to review it.
Task plan with subtasks
Turn findings into tasks with owners and dates, without duplicates.
Risk matrix
Move the risks that come out of the self-assessment into the matrix and decide how to treat them.
Demonstrate
Have the proof ready for the certification audit.
Occupational Health and Safety Policy
Editable template with versions, approval and signature, part of a library of 67 templates, 2 of them linked to ISO 45001.
Evidence vault
Training records, drills, investigations and inspections, with expiry dates and reviews.
Report and re-audit
Score, findings and a PDF and Excel report. Repeat the audit to measure progress.
Some features depend on your plan and active modules.
What the questionnaire covers
From hazard identification to incident investigation.
The 65 controls follow clauses 4 to 10 of ISO 45001 and include the 2024 climate amendment. They are grouped into 13 sections so you can split the work between safety, HR, procurement and maintenance.
- Consultation and participation of non-managerial workers
- Hazards, risk assessment and the hierarchy of controls
- Management of change, contractors, outsourcing and emergencies
- Incident investigation, nonconformities and improvement
Operational control and hierarchy of controls6 controls
- Operating criteria and operational controlYes
- Eliminating hazards and hierarchy of controlsPartial
- Management of changeNo
- PPE management (good practice)Partial
- Work-related road safety (good practice)Not applicable
Mappings
Reuse what you already have in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
If you have already audited quality or environment in Audexa, creating the ISO 45001 audit shows how much your existing work covers. High-coverage answers arrive as proposals marked «Review it», and a person confirms them. They are not legal equivalences, just a starting point.
- 56 mappings between ISO 45001 and ISO 9001
- 61 mappings between ISO 45001 and ISO 14001
- Only high coverage proposes a «Yes»
- Shared context, leadership, internal audit and management review
How much does what I have cover?New audit
- ISO 9001 ↔ ISO 4500156 pairs
- ISO 14001 ↔ ISO 4500161 pairs
- Management reviewReview it
- Internal audit of the systemConfirmed
Action plan
Close findings with tasks, evidence and an approved policy.
Every control you do not meet comes with the steps to get there, the expected evidence and who should own it. Turn it into tasks with subtasks and attach the proof when it is done. The Occupational Health and Safety Policy is ready to adapt and sign.
- Steps, expected evidence and suggested owner per control
- Closure criterion and when to review each control
- OH&S policy with versions, approval and signature
- PDF and Excel report, plus re-audit to track progress
ISO 45001 action plan14 tasks
- Approve the OH&S PolicyManagement · in review
- Management of change procedureSafety · 30 days
- Annual evacuation drillEvidence attached
- Information exchange with contractorsProcurement · 3 subtasks
How it works
Three steps from scattered safety work to an ISO 45001 system.
Create the audit
Pick ISO 45001 in «New audit» and see how much your ISO 9001 or ISO 14001 audits already cover.
Assess with guidance
Set applicability, answer control by control and review the proposed answers.
Act and demonstrate
Assign tasks, collect evidence, approve the policy and repeat the audit to measure progress.
Plans
ISO 45001 is included from the Premium plan.
The Free and Core plans do not include ISO 45001. We give you a fixed proposal in the demo based on your team and sites.
Premium
RecommendedFor teams that want the full cycle.
- All 22 frameworks in the catalogue, ISO 45001 included
- 10 audits per month and 3 users
- Policies, evidence, risks and tasks
- Aude assistant
- 200 assets per section
Diamond
For compliance operations without limits.
- Unlimited audits and users
- Everything in Premium
- Unlimited assets
Frequently asked questions
What people usually ask us about ISO 45001.
Does Audexa certify us for ISO 45001?
No. ISO 45001 certification is issued by a certification body after its own audit. Audexa helps you prepare for it: a guided self-assessment, an action plan, evidence and a PDF and Excel report so you reach the audit with the work in order.
Does ISO 45001 replace health and safety law?
No. ISO 45001 is voluntary and national law applies anyway. For Spain, Audexa includes references to Ley 31/1995, RD 39/1997 and RD 171/2004 as conditions to validate with your prevention service or adviser. This is not legal advice.
We already have ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Do we start from scratch?
No. There are 56 mappings to ISO 9001 and 61 to ISO 14001. When you create the audit you see an estimate of how much your existing work covers, and high-coverage answers arrive as proposals for a person to confirm.
What exactly does the questionnaire assess?
65 controls in 13 sections: clauses 4 to 10 of ISO 45001 with the 2024 climate amendment, plus 7 Audexa good practices such as psychosocial risks, PPE, road safety and health surveillance. The questions and guidance are Audexa's own; the text of the standard belongs to ISO.
Is there an occupational health and safety policy template?
Yes. The Occupational Health and Safety Policy is part of the library of 67 templates, together with the “Business Activity Coordination and Contractor Procedure”: these are the 2 linked to ISO 45001. You adapt them to your company, approve them, sign them and can keep them as evidence.
Which plan do I need for ISO 45001?
Premium or higher (Diamond). Free and Core do not include ISO 45001. We give you a fixed proposal in the demo.
Request a demo
See what your ISO 45001 self-assessment would look like.
In a 30-minute demo we walk through the questionnaire, the mappings to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and the action plan.
- We go over the sections that matter most for your activity.
- We show how your quality and environment system is reused.
- We explain which plan fits your team.