This article is in line with this week’s [My] Safety Thought of the Week (Manage Safety the same as Quality). I hope to explain the 3-5-year plan I offer clients who have decided it is time for a formally structured management system to manage the risks their workers face. It is a quite simple plan and is intended to take the “traditional safety program” and transform it into a measurable “Safety Process/SMS.” It is not fancy, does not need some fancy software to make it happen and requires very little capital investment. It simply takes MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT and EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION to make it happen and to drive unbelievable improvements in both performance and culture. Here is how it works…
