An organization’s ability to assess and manage risks says a lot about its safety maturity

Taking from the “Five Themes for Excellence in Safety Management Systems (SMS)”, we can look at a facility’s ability to assess and manage risks through this lens of excellence and measure the maturity of the safety culture. To recap the progression, here are the five levels:

1. Ad-Hoc
2. Managed
3. Standardized
4. Predictable
5. Excellence

Using an organization’s ability to assess and manage risks, we can see where they lie on the path to SMS Excellence.