A FIELD ALERT - CoreSafety Safety Management Systems - Comparing Content and Impact

Health & Safety - Mining, Environmental, & Cybersecurity

Date posted: 05/30/14

Occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) are receiving much attention in the safety community and among regulators and consensus industry groups. Few differences exist between individual systems, but significant differences exist in their implementation. Differences also exist between the OHSMS approach and the traditional safety program approach. If a company elects to implement an OHSMS, the challenge is not deciding which one to use, rather, it is implementing the many policies, processes, intervention initiatives and activities and protocols that make up the specific system used, then measuring its effectiveness.