Beyond Safety Management Systems

ارائه چارچوبی برای ارزیابی عملکرد سیستم های مدیریت ایمنی و بهداشت شغلی با استفاده از روش های تصمیم گیری چند شاخصه

Background and aims: Recently, occupational health and safety management systems performance has been discussed. Performance evaluation of occupational health and safety management systems provides useful information on the development, implementation and results of systems. The aim of this study is development of a framework for evaluating the performance of occupational health and safety mana...

Beyond Talking: We Need Effective Measures to Tackle Systemic Corruption and the Power That Allows It to Persist in Health Systems; A Response to Recent Commentaries

Closing gaps: integrating food safety management systems into the veterinary curriculum, as a tool to improve food quality and trade

It Ain’t What You Do (But the Way That You Do It): Will Safety II Transform the Way We Do Patient Safety; Comment on “False Dawns and New Horizons in Patient Safety Research and Practice”

Mannion and Braithwaite outline a new paradigm for studying and improving patient safety – Safety II. In this response, I argue that Safety I should not be dismissed simply because the safety management strategies that are developed and enacted in the name of Safety I are not always true to the original philosophy of ‘systems thinking.’

Study of the Prevalence of COVID-19 Disease and Related Risk Factors in Two Groups of Industries with and without Occupational Health Management Systems

Introduction: Considering the importance of implementing occupational safety and health management systems for the prevention of various diseases in the workplace, as well as determining the notability and role of induction and implementation of occupational health management systems in controlling and reducing COVID-19 outbreak in work environments, as one of the most sensitive and important o...

Transforming Safety Committees to Improve Results

R. Scott Lawson, M.S., CSP, is director, EHS/Security for Exelis’s Electronic Systems and Aerostructures Division. He holds an M.S. in Occupational Safety and Health Management from Indiana State University and a B.S. in Engineering from Purdue University. He is a professional member of ASSE’s Anthony Wayne Chapter. IN BRIEF •Safety committees can be an effective tool for change if properly man...