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716 Safety Management System Evaluation
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All Systems Behave

The SMS behaves in a way that is unique to each organization. The behaviors occur as individual actions and SMS processes, each with a number of unique set of activities and procedures. A system performance evaluation looks at how well these actions and processes are working. The primary SMS activities and processes include the following:.

  • Commitment - leading, following, managing, planning, funding
  • Accountability - role, responsibility, discipline
  • Involvement - safety committees, suggestions, recognizing/rewarding
  • Identification - inspections, observation, surveys, interviews
  • Analysis - incidents, accidents, tasks, programs, system
  • Controls - engineering, management, PPE, interim measures, maintenance
  • Education - orientation, instruction, training, personal experience
  • Evaluation - judging effectiveness of conditions, behaviors, systems, results
  • Improvement - change management, design, implementation

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

1-7. Inspections, observations, surveys, and interviews are activities within the safety management system _____ process.