Effective occupational health and safety management requires a structured approach to hazard identification and risk assessment, which is best achieved by a management system. The implementation of an ...

The Health & Safety Act 1974 says that employers must keep workplaces safe and healthy. They need to find and fix potential dangers instead of just giving workers safety gear. Companies can get in ...

FORT NOVOSEL, Ala. – The Army is taking a modernized approach to safety and occupational health (SOH) by implementing the Army Safety and Occupational Health Management System (ASOHMS). ASOHMS ...

The manufacturing industry is more competitive than ever, rewarding forward-thinking manufacturers who successfully accomplish quality, safety and environmental responsibility in their operations.

While the mining industry has made significant strides in reducing catastrophic accidents, its focus has expanded to include ...

The U.S. NTSB first recommended that Safety Management Systems (SMS) be implemented by Part 121 airlines—something the FAA now requires—in 2007, then called for the same requirement for public ...

Think of an SMS program as active safety management. Credit: designer491/Alamy Stock Photo In November 2015, a chartered Hawker 700 stalled and crashed while on a non-precision approach to Akron, Ohio ...