The Campbell Institute, the National Safety Council center of excellence for environmental, health, and safety management is the leading authority on safety best practices. Members of the Campbell Institute Research & Knowledge subcommittee conducted a comparative analysis of ten award-winning organizations to identify best practices that are common within recognized world-class safety processes.
One overarching theme observed within these organizations is that world-class organizations FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE THAT SAFETY IS AT THE CORE OF BUSINESS VITALITY AND INTRINSIC TO OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. These organizations embrace this concept and build it into the very foundation of their safety management system (SMS). A world-class safety management system models the following five key characteristics that organizations can incorporate in their own safety processes.
