Total Safety Management: Principles, processes and methods

Safety management systems (SMS) are changing from a prescriptive style to a more ‘self-regulatory’ and ‘performance oriented’ model that is more proactive, participative and better integrated with business activities. So far, the integration of safety with other management systems (e.g., quality, environment and productivity) has been addressed either at a strategic level or a standardization level (e.g., cross referencing across ISO 9001, ISO...