Exploring the potential of Safety Management Systems to support New Approaches based on Safety Fractals
B.O.R. Accou (TU Delft - Safety and Security Science)
G.L.L.M.E. Reniers – Promotor (TU Delft - Safety and Security Science)
J. Groeneweg – Copromotor (TU Delft - Safety and Security Science)
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Abstract
The concept of a safety management system (SMS) to control the risks of operational activities has already been introduced in high-risk industries some decades ago. Nevertheless, such an SMS is often criticized as burdensome and complex. Through its requirement to formalise all main activities, the SMS is perceived as bureaucratic and as a vehicle for pure compliance, exemplary for the old view on safety management. Furthermore, the SMS is often perceived as detached from an organisation’s core and operational activities, and as incompatible with local practice. It is questioned whether it can deliver the expected safe performance....