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ISO 45001:2018 · 6. Planning
6.1.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities — general
Plan actions that address risks and opportunities to achieve intended OH&S outcomes.
What this clause is about
Plan for the risks and opportunities that could affect the safety system, then build the actions to address them into your processes.
Questions auditors ask
- What risks and opportunities did you identify for the system itself?
- What actions came out of them?
- How do you check those actions worked?
Evidence to keep on a UAE site
- Risk and opportunity register
- Site safety plan referencing the register
- Actions with owners and due dates
Written in plain language by Site Safety UAE — not the official wording of the standard.
How Site Safety UAE covers this clause
- CAPA / action register
Owns, dates and tracks every planned action to closure.
Reporting & Authority Submissions
Audit evidence to have ready
- Risk and opportunity register
- Action plans
Risk assessment evidence
- Approved risk assessment / RAMS with revision and approver
- Task-based hazard review or JSA for the specific activity
- Evidence controls were briefed (toolbox talk sign-off)
Where to find it: Dashboard → Overview tab → RAMS & risk register. Generate the multi-language RAMS PDF from the register to attach to permits.
Open HSE Operations dashboardGuidance only — clause text is paraphrased and certification decisions rest with your certification body.
Next step
Turn this into evidence you can hand over
Map every ISO 45001 clause to the record that proves it, and close the gaps before your certification body arrives.
- Built around UAE authoritiesADOSH-SF, Trakhees, DM, DCD, MOIAT and ISO 45001 structures.
- Usable the same dayTemplates and registers are pre-filled with your company details.
- Evidence, not just formsEvery record carries dates, signatures and an export you can hand over.