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GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018
Introduction
28 June 2018

About the GRI Standards• The GRI Standards are the most widely used framework forsustainability reporting. They provide the common language fororganizations to report publicly about their impacts on theeconomy, the environment, and society• Reporting publicly drives improvement within organizations andinforms decision makers such as investors or governments• The GRI Standards are structured as a set of interrelated,modular standards. They include:• Three universal Standards that apply to every organization
preparing a sustainability report• 33 topic-specific Standards (on e.g., water, occupational health andsafety, anti-corruption) for reporting on the identified material
topicsReview of GRI 403
Development process• The Standard is issued by the Global Sustainability Standards
Board (GSSB), GRI’s independent standard-setting body,following its Due Process Protocol• The Standard has been developed through a transparent andinclusive process and in the public interest, including:• input from an expert multi-stakeholder working group, withrepresentatives from labor, civil society, investors, business andinternational and governmental institutions• nearly 600 comments from stakeholders received on the exposure
draftPlease visit the GRI website for more information about the standard
setting process and the development of this Standard

Review of GRI 403
Working group members:•Canadian Labour Congress•

Center for Safety and Health
Sustainability•

European Trade Union Institute•George Washington University•

Heineken International•

Institution of Occupational Safety andHealth (IOSH)•International Labour Organization (ILO)•International SOS Foundation•

Irish Congress of Trade Unions•

LafargeHolcim Ltd•

Norsk Hydro ASA•Sustainalytics•U.S. Occupational Safety and HealthAdministration•

University of New South Wales•

Vitality Group

Development process• The Standard is issued by the Global Sustainability Standards
Board (GSSB), GRI’s independent standard-setting body,following its Due Process Protocol• The Standard has been developed through a transparent andinclusive process and in the public interest, including:• input from an expert multi-stakeholder working group, withrepresentatives from labor, civil society, investors, business andinternational and governmental institutions• nearly 600 comments from stakeholders received on the exposure
draft

Please visit the GRI website for more information about the standard
setting process and the development of this Standard

Why review GRI 403?
Objectives• To represent internationally-agreed best practice and recent
developments in occupational health and safety management andreporting• To harmonize with key instruments:• Aligned with key ILO instruments• Aligned with the ISO 45001 standard• To address key challenges around reporting of occupational
health and safety impacts. For example:• Low comparability of data
• Lack of leading indicators• Overreliance on productivity measures• Risks related to lifestyle (e.g., poor diets, lack of physical activity)

Key features of updated GRI 403• New section on scope of workers, explaining the full spectrum ofworkers for whose occupational health and safety an organization
is expected to be responsible:• employees• other workers whose work and/or workplace is controlled by theorganization• cases where the organization is directly linked to significant impacts on thehealth and safety of workers by its business relationships• Takes a holistic approach, covering both the prevention of harm(primary focus) and the promotion of health, including access tohealthcare (based on the global priorities outlined in the SGDs)• New specific management approach content, focusing on leading
indicators, such as the presence of a management system based onrecognized standards/guidelines, and its key components

Key features of updated GRI 403• All throughout the Standard, there is a greater emphasis on theidentification of hazards and assessment of risks, and the applicationof the hierarchy of controls to eliminate hazards• Places greater emphasis on health (e.g., ill health data has been
separated from safety data, and new disclosures have been addedon occupational health services, access to healthcare and worker
health promotion)• Places greater emphasis on measuring impacts on the health ofworkers, as opposed to loss of productivity (i.e., the severity of an
injury is measured by recovery time, instead of by lost time)• Improved methodologies for compiling and calculating injury and illhealth related data, plus raw data is now required for work-related
injuries, in addition to standardized rates

Scope of ‘workers’ in this StandardOverview of disclosures
Management approach disclosures

Topic-specific disclosures403-1 Occupational health and safety
management system

403-8

Workers covered by an occupational
health and safety management system403-2 Hazard identification, risk assessment, andincident investigation

403-9

Work-related injuries

403-3 Occupational health services

403-10 Work-related ill health403-4 Worker participation, consultation, andcommunication on occupational health andsafety403-5 Worker training on occupational health andsafety403-6 Promotion of worker health403-7 Prevention and mitigation of occupationalhealth and safety impacts directly linked bybusiness relationships

Each disclosure can have additional requirements
on how to compile or present the information,
along with recommendations and guidance.

Management approach disclosures
Disclosure 403-1 Occupational health and safety management systema.

b.

A statement of whether an occupational health and safety management
system has been implemented, including whether:i.

the system has been implemented because of legal requirements and,if so, a list of the requirements;ii.

the system has been implemented based on recognized risk
management and/or management system standards/guidelines and, if
so, a list of the standards/guidelines.

A description of the scope of workers, activities, and workplaces covered by
the occupational health and safety management system, and an explanation ofwhether and, if so, why any workers, activities, or workplaces are not covered.

Management approach disclosures
Disclosure 403-2 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and incident
investigationa.

A description of the processes used to identify work-related hazards andassess risks on a routine and non-routine basis, and to apply the hierarchy ofcontrols in order to eliminate hazards and minimize risks, including:i.

how the organization ensures the quality of these processes, including
the competency of persons who carry them out;ii.

how the results of these processes are used to evaluate andcontinually improve the occupational health and safety management
system.
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Definition of ‘hierarchy of controls’:
systematic approach to enhance occupational health and safety, eliminate hazards, and minimize risks

Management approach disclosures
Disclosure 403-2 Hazard identification, risk assessment, and incidentinvestigation (cont.)b.

A description of the processes for workers to report work-related hazards
and hazardous situations, and an explanation of how workers are protectedagainst reprisals.

c.

A description of the policies and processes for workers to remove themselvesfrom work situations that they believe could cause injury or ill health, and an
explanation of how workers are protected against reprisals.

d.

A description of the processes used to investigate work-related incidents,
including the processes to identify hazards and assess risks relating to theincidents, to determine corrective actions using the hierarchy of controls, andto determine improvements needed in the occupational health and safety
management system.

Management approach disclosures
Disclosure 403-3 Occupational health servicesa.

A description of the occupational health services’ functions that contribute to
the identification and elimination of hazards and minimization of risks, and anexplanation of how the organization ensures the quality of these services andfacilitates workers’ access to them.

Definition of ‘occupational health services’:
services entrusted with essentially preventive functions, and responsible for advising the employer, theworkers, and their representatives in the undertaking, on the requirements for establishing andmaintaining a safe and healthy work environment, which will facilitate optimal physical and mental
health in relation to work and the adaptation of work to the capabilities of workers in the light of
their state of physical and mental health (ILO)Management approach disclosures
Disclosure 403-4 Worker participation, consultation, andcommunication on occupational health and safetya.

A description of the processes for worker participation and consultation in
the development, implementation, and evaluation of the occupational healthand safety management system, and for providing access to andcommunicating relevant information on occupational health and safety toworkers.

b.

Where formal joint management–worker health and safety committees exist,
a description of their responsibilities, meeting frequency, decision-making
authority, and whether and, if so, why any workers are not represented bythese committees.

Definition of ‘worker participation’:workers’ involvement in decision-making
Note 1: Worker participation might be carried out through workers’ representatives.
Note 2: Worker participation and consultation are two distinct terms with specific meanings.
See definition of ‘worker consultation’ (in the Standard).

Management approach disclosures
Disclosure 403-5 Worker training on occupational health and safetya.

A description of any occupational health and safety training provided toworkers, including generic training as well as training on specific work-related
hazards, hazardous activities, or hazardous situations.

Management approach disclosures
Disclosure 403-6 Promotion of worker healtha.

An explanation of how the organization facilitates workers’ access to nonoccupational medical and healthcare services, and the scope of accessprovided.

b.

A description of any voluntary health promotion services and programs
offered to workers to address major non-work-related health risks, including
the specific health risks addressed, and how the organization facilitates
workers’ access to these services and programs.

Management approach disclosures
Disclosure 403-7 Prevention and mitigation of occupational healthand safety impacts directly linked by business
relationshipsa.

A description of the organization’s approach to preventing or mitigating
significant negative occupational health and safety impacts that are directly
linked to its operations, products or services by its business relationships, andthe related hazards and risks.

Topic-specific disclosures
Disclosure 403-8 Workers covered by an occupational health andsafety management systema.

If the organization has implemented an occupational health and safety
management system based on legal requirements and/or recognized
standards/guidelines:i.

the number and percentage of all employees and workers who are
not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by theorganization, who are covered by such a system;ii.

the number and percentage of all employees and workers who are
not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by theorganization, who are covered by such a system that has beeninternally audited;iii.

the number and percentage of all employees and workers who are
not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by theorganization, who are covered by such a system that has been audited
or certified by an external party.
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Disclosure 403-8 Workers covered by an occupational health andsafety management system (cont.)b.

Whether and, if so, why any workers have been excluded from this disclosure,including the types of worker excluded.

c.

Any contextual information necessary to understand how the data have beencompiled, such as any standards, methodologies, and assumptions used.

All topic-specific disclosures include these two points

Topic-specific disclosures
Disclosure 403-9 Work-related injuriesa.

b.

For all employees:i.

The number and rate of fatalities as a result of work-related injury;ii.

The number and rate of high-consequence work-related injuries(excluding fatalities);

iii.

The number and rate of recordable work-related injuries;iv.

The main types of work-related injury;v.

The number of hours worked.

For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace iscontrolled by the organization (same as ‘a’ above).
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Definition of ‘high-consequence work-related injury’:work-related injury that results in a fatality or in an injury from which the worker cannot, does not, oris not expected to recover fully to pre-injury health status within 6 months

Topic-specific disclosures
Disclosure 403-9 Work-related injuries (cont.)c.

The work-related hazards that pose a risk of high-consequence injury,including:i.

how these hazards have been determined;ii.

which of these hazards have caused or contributed to highconsequence injuries during the reporting period;iii.

actions taken or underway to eliminate these hazards and minimizerisks using the hierarchy of controls.

d.

Any actions taken or underway to eliminate other work-related hazards andminimize risks using the hierarchy of controls.

e.

Whether the rates have been calculated based on 200,000 or 1,000,000
hours worked.

Important information for compiling the data:• Guidance on how to compile data on work-related injuries, including commuting incidents• Recommended to report high-potential incidents and close calls• Recommended to break down data by type of injury, country, business line, or workers'
demographics (e.g., sex, gender, age, migrant status) where relevantTopic-specific disclosures
Disclosure 403-10 Work-related ill healtha.

For all employees:i.

The number of fatalities as a result of work-related ill health;ii.

The number of cases of recordable work-related ill health;iii.

The main types of work-related ill health.

b.

For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace iscontrolled by the organization (same as ‘a’ above).

c.

The work-related hazards that pose a risk of ill health (same requirements as
in Disclosure 403-9 on work-related injuries).

Important information for compiling the data:• Guidance on how to compile data on work-related ill health, including data on musculoskeletal
disorders and mental illness• Recommended to break down data by type of ill health, country, business line, or workers'
demographics (e.g., sex, gender, age, migrant status) where relevantGlossary and References

How to use this Standard
Requirements for reporting disclosures in accordancewith the GRI Standards
Standards/Disclosures

Core

ComprehensiveAllAll

GRI 103: Management Approach 2016
Disclosures 103-1 to 103-3

GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2018
Management approach disclosures
Disclosures 403-1 to 403-7

AllAllTopic-specific disclosures
Discloures 403-8 to 403-10

At least oneAllReasons for omisison apply for Disclosures 103-2 and 103-3 and all disclosures in GRI 403

How to use this Standard
Date by which the use of this Standard becomesmandatory
Effective date
• The use of this Standard is required for reports or other materials
published on or after 1 January 2021. Earlier adoption isencouraged.
• GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2016 can continue to be
used for reports or other materials published on or before 31
December 2020.
Advice for new and existing reporters• New reporters are advised to start reporting with the new 2018
Standard.
• Existing users of GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2016 areadvised to start the transition to the new 2018 Standard as soon as
possible.

Available resources

Frequently asked questions• Consult the frequently asked questions about this Standard on theGRI Standards website.
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Translations• Translations into key languages will be available from Q4 2018.
Keep an eye on the GRI Standards website for the upcomingtranslation schedule.

Available resources (continued)

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