Safety Management System

It is important to have a systematic and exhaustive decision-making process in place. While it applies especially to strategic levels, it can be adapted to all levels, because trade-offs must be made everywhere within organizations. Recognise the existence of and the need for compromise: accept that at every level the company can die in a…...

Historically, the job of a manager has consisted of planning, doing, checking, and acting – the famous PDCA cycle taught in management schools. But tomove towards an integrated safety culture, the role of managers now extends beyond this cycle: they influence and inspire safer behaviors from theirteams. The involvement of managers is essential since they…...

We hear a lot about the significant role trust and credibility play in a safety effort within an organization looking for a step-change in safety performance and culture.  I agree with this; however, I take a different view of how this all plays out.  If an organization is struggling with trust and credibility in safety,…...

Building trust and credibility in safety does not require some special effort. It just requires a constant message that is backed up with constantly reinforced behaviors from management/leadership. Some may call this “Walking the Talk”; but we have to ensure the TALK is correct before we walk it! There are two (2) big pieces to…...

Here Heinrich speaks to the critical role employees play in THEIR safety process. This is where he speaks to keeping interest in safety high and how businesses should go about doing this. He points to employee participation as the critical piece of this effort. “Of course, keeping guards in place is but one of the…...

After seeing all the complaints online about the referees in this weekend’s NCAA Women’s Championship game I was reminded of how too many safety pros take on the role of “referee” rather than a “coach” at their facility. It is a mistake made by many younger safety pros who do not have a mentor in…...

There are three (3) recognized models upon which Safety Management Systems are built.  These models were identified via Dr. James Reason’s research and still hold true today, 30 years later.  Safety professionals have to be sure as to not allow their biases to influence which one is best for the organization, as all three have…...

A highly resilient organization is a LEARNING organization. Learning organizations exhibit five (5) main characteristics: system thinking, personal mastery, mental models, a shared vision, and team learning… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...