Sampling targets to assess occupational health in occupational health and safety management system audits: a mixed-methods research in Japan.

IF 2.6 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Journal of Occupational Health Pub Date : 2024-01-04 DOI:10.1093/joccuh/uiae050

Shunsuke Inoue, Shigeyuki Kajiki, Hayato Shimoda, Amane Fujita, Koji Mori

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Background: Occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) are the foundation of occupational health and safety activities within an organization. An important element of these systems is audits. However, OHSMS auditors often lack confidence in conducting occupational health audits compared with their proficiency in conducting occupational safety audits. For occupational health to be effectively managed by OHSMS, the sampling competence of auditors engaged in third-party audits should be improved. Therefore, we conducted this study to identify appropriate sampling targets for occupational health related to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 45001.

Methods: We adopted a mixed methods approach to identify appropriate sampling targets. This involved conducting focus group discussions with experts in occupational health and performing systematic text condensation analysis. The validity of our findings was further reinforced through confirmation by external auditors who specialize in ISO 45001.

Results: In the qualitative phase, 6 occupational health sampling targets were identified, and of these, 5 were subsequently validated in the quantitative phase: (1) Health issues, legal requirements, and occupational health goals identified by the organization; (2) Occupational health risk assessment and control processes; (3) Processes related to occupational health and documented information showing the results of efforts; (4) Organizational roles and functions of occupational health professionals and opportunities for their professional development; and (5) Processes to ensure commitment to occupational health issues and objectives.

Conclusion: To ensure effective and comprehensive occupational health audits, auditors should review these targets. This study will enhance the competence of auditors by identifying appropriate occupational health sampling targets.

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在职业健康与安全管理体系审核中评估职业健康的抽样目标：日本的混合方法研究。

背景：职业健康与安全管理体系（OHSMS）是组织内职业健康与安全活动的基础。这些系统的一个重要组成部分就是审核。然而，与职业安全审核的熟练程度相比，职业健康安全管理体系审核员往往对开展职业健康审核缺乏信心。要想通过职业健康安全管理体系有效管理职业健康，就必须提高参与第三方审核的审核员的抽样能力。因此，我们开展了这项研究，以确定与 ISO 45001 相关的职业健康适当抽样目标。方法：我们采用混合方法来确定适当的抽样目标。方法：我们采用了混合方法来确定适当的抽样目标，包括与职业健康专家进行焦点小组讨论，以及进行系统的文本浓缩分析。通过专门从事 ISO 45001 的外部审计人员的确认，进一步加强了我们研究结果的有效性：在定性阶段，我们确定了六项职业健康抽样目标，其中五项随后在定量阶段得到了验证，它们是：1：组织确定的健康问题、法律要求和职业健康目标；2：职业健康风险评估和控制流程；3：与职业健康有关的流程和显示工作成果的记录信息；4：职业健康专业人员的组织角色和职能及其职业发展机会；5：确保致力于职业健康问题和目标的流程：为确保有效和全面的职业健康审计，审计人员应审查这些目标。本研究将通过确定适当的职业健康抽样目标来提高审核人员的能力。

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Journal of Occupational Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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5.60

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3.30%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The scope of the journal is broad, covering toxicology, ergonomics, psychosocial factors and other relevant health issues of workers, with special emphasis on the current developments in occupational health. The JOH also accepts various methodologies that are relevant to investigation of occupational health risk factors and exposures, such as large-scale epidemiological studies, human studies employing biological techniques and fundamental experiments on animals, and also welcomes submissions concerning occupational health practices and related issues.