1. Welcome Remarks
The Chairman, Mr. Eric Curtis of NSCA, opened the meeting at 13:40 PM and welcomed committee members and observers.

2. Introduction
2.1 Members introduced themselves.
2.2 Members were invited to go through the agenda and no new items were put forward.

3. Confirmation of OHSMS Minutes from APOSHO 21, Bali, Indonesia
All members accepted the meeting minutes of Occupational Health and Safety Management System held in APOSHO 21 in Bali, Indonesia.

4. Matters arising from the last meeting in Bali, Indonesia
4.1 Reports on OHSMS Standards, Trends and Developments in Committee Member Countries
Members were invited to give a brief progress on the recent development of OHSMS in their countries.
1) Korea ? KOSHA18001 was first introduced in 1999 and released as KOSHA18001:2000, and revised in 2003. The standard was based on BS8801, OSHAS18001 and the ILO OHS Guidelines. Currently approximately 300 companies have achieved certification to the standard. Another 50 to 60 companies achieve certification each year. Certified companies are also measured on their rates of improvement in accident rates following certification. ILO guidelines have little influence in Korea and KOSHA continues to issue certification to KOSHA18001 and OSHAS18000 where both standards are met. There is a strong trend toward integration of safety, quality and environmental management systems and KOSHA has developed an implementation model which will be uploaded to the APOSHO website.
2) UK ? UK IOSH reported that OSHAS18001 continues to grow in application across the UK.
The government of Northern Ireland is now requiring companies who work on government construction projects to be accredited through the Safe-T-Cert scheme (equivalent to OSHAS 18001)
IOSH has undertaken a critical review of a number of standards and details are available from the IOSH website (Technical Guidance Systems in Focus)
IOSH has a technical representative involved in consultation on both the ILO and BS standards and are happy to support APOSHO initiatives regarding OHSMS standards.
3) Taiwan ? Over 300 enterprises have been certified to OSHAS18001. 100 of these are contractors who are required to gain certification by their customers. Large industry players are increasingly forcing the issue of certification. Government agencies are promoting the ILO guidelines but these are not a certifiable standard and ISHA sees a need fro the confusion between ASHAS18001 and ILO guidelines to be clarified in APOSHO member countries.
ISHA is interested in any successful management systems integration in other member countries.
4) China ? on November 1, 2003 all certification and accreditation activities including quality, safety and environmental management systems came under the supervision of the China National Certification Accreditation Administration (CNCA). The CNCA includes the China national Accreditation Board fro Certifiers (CNAB) and the China National Auditor and Training accreditation Board (CNAT).
The CNCA has made strong efforts to integrate QMS (ISO9000) EMS (ISO14000) and OHSMS (GBT28001.1- the OHSMS standard in China)). Most OHSMS certifications have been obtained after 2004 and progress is limited by the availability of OHSMS auditors, since most auditors have only a QMS background and there are fewer safety experts for this work.
The State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) started to push for standardization of OHS standards in 2005. Currently standardization criteria have been set for the machinery industry, hazardous materials and chemical industries, and non-coal mining industries. The safety quality standardization for the coal mining industry was deeply spread to small-scale village and town mines. In addition the safety quality standardization for construction sites has been strongly enforced.
The Safe production law of 2002 requires safety assessments for hazardous materials production, sale, storage and use on construction sites and in mining.
Certification to an OHSMS standard is voluntary. Some large corporations have developed combined HSE management systems. For example China Petroleum and Chemical corporation (SinoPEC) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have been developing and effectively operating HSE management systems.
SEPRI promotes OHSMS and safety assessment for promotion of safety management and accident control in the iron and steel industries with some companies achieving zero serious injuries after working with SEPRI.
At the end of 2005 5,922 enterprises have achieved certification to GBT28001.1. 57 organizations have been accredited to assist enterprises in developing their OHSMS and to conduct certification audits to GBT28001.1. 64 organizations are accredited to audit to ISO9000 and 77 are accredited to audit to ISO14000.
5) Japan ? Reference was made to the meeting of ASEAN (plus China, Korea and Japan ? the “10+3” Group) safety and health ministers in Singapore in April focused on how to introduce OHSMS in all countries. All developing countries have decided to borrow from the ILO guidelines because ILO promotes a tripartite approach in their initiatives and this is seen as appositive aspect of the guidelines. OHS has a special status for enforcement in all countries but there is confusion over what the difference is between OHSMS and enforcement standards. Japan has developed OHSMS guidelines based on the ILO guidelines. JISHA asks how does OHSMS work in developing countries where OHS standards may not exist. Further, should APOSHO seek to lobby ILO and ISO to clarify a single standard for OHSMS? Should APOSHO consider promoting the sharing of OHS legislative standards within developing countries from developed countries?
6) India ? India has a national standard for OHSMS certification and also has companies introducing OSH18001, which is not nationally recognised. ILO guidelines are also followed widely. The confusion over the various standards and guidelines is not being clarified in the international community. NSCI believes that the national standard should be the only standard recognised by governments in India.
The national standard can only be certified by the Indian Standards Association and there is a push to accredit more local certification organisations and auditors to meet demand for certification. The Quality Council of India was set up to accredit all trainers and auditors for certification services, and should next appraise the international certifying organisations who are actively promoting other standards within India. NSCI is pushing for recognition of only 2 standards, a national standard and an international standard. The current lack of a single recognised international standard remains a critical barrier to progress on this issue.
India is committed to promoting ILO guidelines because of its commitment to the broad principles of the ILO guidelines beyond OHS. NSCI supports the ILO guidelines because they don’t conflict with the requirements of the Indian national standard for OHSMS, but are complementary. NSCI believes the ILO and ISO must cooperate and consolidate a single international standard for certified OHSMS.
Integration of management systems is also emerging as a trend in India.
7) Australia ? Certification to ISO 9001 and ISO14001 is widespread in Australia for large medium size enterprises. A number of OHSMS standards exist in Australia but the joint Australia/New Zealand standards authority (JAS-NZS) which is responsible for all management system certification administration only recognizes the national standard AS/NZS 4801. This standard is closely aligned to OSHAS18001. A number of international companies are starting to ask for certification to OSHAS18001 but JAS-NZS will not permit this in Australia and New Zealand.
Integration of management systems is being considered by more enterprises, primarily wanting to reduce costs and effort in hosting separate annual certification auditing activities for different management systems.

4.2 Workshop for auditors of the OHSMS implementation
KOSHA requested an update on the plans from the APOSHO 21 meeting to stage information sharing and auditor training workshops. It was concluded that no progress has been achieved.

5. APOSHO Involvement in Future Developments of OHSMS Standards
5.1 Discussion on OHSMS auditing and Best Practice workshop
No progress has been reported since APOSHO21. Hence, Dr. KWON, Hyuck-Myun of KOSHA, recommended that APOSHO request NSCS to include a session or workshop regarding OHSMS best practices, effectiveness and international trends within the agenda for APOSHO 23 in Singapore.
Mr Iragashi of JISHA advised that best practice case studies are now being posted on the JICOSH website.

5.2 Suggestion on additional workshop on OSHMS standard
Dr. Shuh Woei Yu proposed that APOSHO should include another session or workshop on understanding of OSHMS standards in the schedule for APOSHO23. A request will be submitted to NSCS for consideration.

6. New Matters for Discussion and Consideration: Difference between ISO guideline and other enforcement of OHSMS
Mr. Eric Curtis, the chairman noted comments raised in the meeting regarding the need for harmonization of standards and the ILO guidelines, and whether APOSHO should seek to influence the process of harmonization by lobbying the ILO and ISO. It was agreed that ISO and ILO guidelines are very much in common; but there is a need for a single international standard as applies for quality and environmental systems. It was agreed that the OHSMS draft a letter to ILO and ISO promoting harmonization of a single international OHSMS standard.

7. Any Other Business
Dr. Shuh Woei Yu formally requested for ISHA to become an official member of the OHSMS committee. The chairman noted that the committee is not authorized to change its membership and this request should be put to the AGM.

8. Closing
The Chairman thanked members for their cooperation and participation. The meeting was adjourned at 14.50 PM.