Safe Business Management

Safety-conscious business operations require an ongoing, systematic effort to identify and fix workplace hazards prior to workers getting injured. Safety and Health Management System is what it’s referred to as. A SHMS requires support from the leadership and participation of workers (including any unions present in your company) and hazard assessment prevention and control as well as opportunities for education and regular program evaluation.

Traditional approaches blame worker-related accidents. Herbert W. Heinrich’s 1930s theory that 85 to 95% of accidents are the result of unsafe actions taken by individuals fueled the development of a variety of behaviors-based safety (BBS) strategies. In recent years, advocates of quality have adopted an approach that is more proactive to safety by acknowledging that accidents result from processes and systems. They employ quality tools to reduce their risk.

Managers must understand that safety is an essential aspect of their jobs. This can be accomplished by direct comments or reviews of performance and even bonuses. LyondellBasell for example makes it clear to its employees that regardless of how low their OSHA recordable injury rates are, if they have an accident that is severe on the site, the manager will not be awarded a bonus.

Flexible and adaptable SAFe lets each business to tailor the Framework to their specific development environment. SAFe has a spanning panels which includes additional roles and artifacts that are not available in the Essential SAFe. Click each icon in the spanning palette to learn more about how it can check that be used to your specific situation.