Q1175. What occupational safety rules govern ISO 45001 standard translations?

Answered by the NYC Visa & Translation certified translation team

ISO 45001 occupational health and safety certification documents follow the same translation discipline as other management system certifications, with the safety content adding its own stakes. The certification documents: the certificate (the scope statement — which sites and activities — translated exactly; the validity dates and certification body transcribed), the audit reports (the findings with their nonconformity classifications), and the system's documented information (the OH&S policy, the hazard identification and risk assessment records, the legal compliance register, the incident investigation procedures). Translation rules that matter: the hazard and risk assessment records are the system's analytical core — the risk ratings and the control hierarchies (elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, PPE — the order matters and must be preserved) are translated exactly; the legal register (the applicable Thai OH&S laws and the compliance status) anchors the system's legal conformance; and the incident statistics (the LTIFR and similar metrics) are numeric text transcribed exactly. Points that matter: for tender and customer qualifications, the certificate's scope and validity are checked — keep the translation current with the surveillance cycle; the migration from OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001 is complete — an OHSAS certificate is no longer current, and the translation should reflect the actual current standard; and for Thai operations, the system's Thai documentation must align with the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare's requirements (the ISO system and the statutory requirements overlap but are not identical). Practice points: use translators familiar with OH&S management vocabulary; and confirm the receiving party's verification requirements for the certificate.