The American National Standards Institute recently granted final approval to a new standard, ANSI/AIHA Standard Z10.The new standard allows organizations to integrate occupational health and safety (OHS) management into their overall business management systems. It focuses on principles that are broadly applicable to all types of organizations instead of detailed specifications, and is compatible with relevant OHS, environmental and quality management standards.

The standard will be available in mid-September, and the American Industrial Hygiene Association, which has served as the secretariat for the Z10 committee, is taking online advance orders for the publication.

“Under the leadership of chair Alan Leibowitz, the Z10 committee has worked together to develop a standard of management systems and principles to help organizations continuously improve their occupational health and safety performance,” says Roy Buchan, AIHA president. “AIHA salutes the dedication of the committee members who made this standard possible, and we look forward to seeing the impact their good work will have on the health and safety of working people everywhere.”

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