The document discusses the key elements of a Safety Management System (SMS), including safety policy, risk management, safety assurance, and safety promotion. It explains that an SMS takes a proactive, risk-based approach to managing safety throughout an organization. The four elements establish management's safety commitments, determine risks and necessary controls, evaluate strategies, and promote a positive safety culture.

1. 1
Safety Management System

2. The essential is invisible to
the eyes
Number of occurrences
1 – 5 Accidents
30 – 100 Serious incidents
100 – 1000 Incidents
1000 – 4000
Latent conditions

3. Safety Management System
A Safety Management System is:
A pro-active, risk based approach (business
like) to managing safety throughout an
organization

4. PPT-135-01
A Safety Management System is not:
Rocket Science
Magic

5. KISS method of a SMS
Four key elements:
1. Safety Policy
2. Risk Management
3. Safety Assurance
4. Safety Promotion

6. 6
The Four SMS Components
PPT-135-01
Safety Assurance
Evaluates the continued
effectiveness of implemented
risk control strategies;
supports the identification
of new hazards.
Safety Policy
Establishes senior management’s
commitment to continually
improve safety; defines the
methods, processes and
organizational
structure needed
to meet safety
goals.
Safety
Promotion
Includes training,
communication and
other actions to create a
positive safety culture within
all levels of the workforce.
Safety Risk
Management
Determines the
need for and
adequacy of, new or
revised risk controls based on
the assessment of acceptable
risk.
Safety Promotion
POLICY
SRM SA

7. • Use clear unambiguous language
• Incorporate two key principles
1. Do it safely or not at all
2. There is always time to do it right
• Consider work-stop authority
Safety Policy

8. Risk Management
Risk Management is:
• Recognizing a dangerous situation or
condition
• Looking at a
situation and
trying to see how
it could fail

10. Risk Management
Risk Management is:
• Analyzing job tasks, records, inspections,
prioritizing issues and developing corrective
action plans
• Consider using a risk matrix

11. Risk Calculation req for Risk Matrix
Risk= Severity x Probability
Severity~ 1-Insignificant, 2-Minor Injuries, 3-
Multiple Injuries, 4- Serious Injuries, 5-Death
Probability~ 1-Unlikely, 2-Rare, 3-Possible, 4-
Likely, 5-Certain
Risk Management

12. •Reading – getting a papercut
•Travelling – having a car
accident
•Eating – getting food poisoning

13. Example- Risk Matrix

15. Risk Management
Consider assigning resps to certain staff members
for managing risk in their dept

16. Safety Assurance
• Constantly observe every aspect of your ops
 “You can observe a lot by just watching”
• Analyze your data. Are things getting better or
worse?
 Look at past claims, incidents, injuries
 Record near misses
• Look for processes that do not have the
desired outcome, then ask what and why

17. Safety Promotion
• Managers and supervisors should talk it up!
• Make safety part of daily conversations
• Get people on board by making your org cmt
to safety known all across
• Make it part of your culture, make it the way
you do business

18. The Reality
• SMS implementation will not be effortless
• Most “good” things do require some level
of effort
• Be patient
• Results will not occur overnight
• The positive changes are worth the
patience and effort