Reviewing safety performance takes a ‘big picture’ overview of the patterns of evidence arising from all forms of monitoring, investigation, and audit to decide whether the overall approach, policies, resources, priorities, improvement targets, and the SMS remain relevant and appropriate in pursuing the safety vision and strategy and cultural development.
Taking from the “Five Themes for Excellence in Safety Management Systems (SMS)”, we can look at a facility’s management engagement level in the SMS through this lens of excellence and measure the maturity of the safety culture. To recap the progression, here are the five levels:
- Ad-Hoc
- Managed
- Standardized
- Predictable
- Excellence
Using an organization’s management engagement level in the SMS, we can see where they lie on the path to SMS Excellence.
