The aim of a safety management system (SMS) is to provide a management framework that can be used to drive the performance of all aspects of safety. The structure of an SMS typically contains the following components:
- Leadership , Organisation and Accountability
- Planning, Objectives and Targets
- Hazard and Risk Management
- Incident Management
- Communication, Consultation and Documentation
- Training, Competency and Workforce Fitness
- Emergency Management
- Contractor Management
- Asset Integrity Management
- Safe Working Systems (eg PtW)
- Performance Monitoring
- Change Management
- Each element of the Safety Management System requires the following information:
- Responsibility
- Objective
- Systems in place to achieve objective
- Monitoring in place to ensure systems are working
- Processes to close the loop
Safety Solutions has extensive experience in safety management systems and can offer the following services:
- SMS Framework development
- SMS Gap Analysis (against a defined standard)
- Procedure development – Safety Solutions has developed systems across many process safety elements including:
- Hazard ID – HAZOP, HAZID, PHR
- Risk Assessment – LOPA, Bowtie’s, Risk Matricies
- Management of change – Plant, Control, Organisational, Documentation
- Incident Investigation
- Safe Work Systems – Permit to Work, Isolations, LOTO
- Emergency response
- Alarm management – Philosophies, Design Standards, Safety Requirements Specifications
- Functional Safety – Management Plan, Verification, Assessments
- Plant design – Design Reviews
- Operational readiness
- Training and Performance Assurance
- Process Safety Competency
- Measurement and Metrics
We have developed many level 1 SMS frameworks which follow the ISO 45001 standard.
Contact us for any of your SMS needs
Other useful links
- Process Safety/ Safety Management System Auditing read more
- Process Safety E-Learning read more
- Process Safety Learning Management System read more
- Safety Solutions New Zealand