Managing safe business operations requires a continuous and systematic effort to detect and fix workplace hazards before employees are injured. It's also known as a Safety and Health Management System (SHMS). A SHMS requires leadership support as well as participation by employees (including unions that are present in your company), hazard assessment, prevention and control as well as opportunities for education and a training, and regular evaluation of the program.

The traditional approach blames the cause of accidents on the workers. Herbert W. Heinrich’s 1930s theory that 85-95% accidents are caused by uninformed try this behavior of individuals, has triggered many different kinds of behavior-based safety (BBS). In recent times, people who advocate for quality approach to safety have recognized that accidents arise from systems and processes and use quality tools to lower the likelihood of them happening.

Managers must be aware that safety is a crucial part of their jobs. This can be done through direct comments, performance reviews, and bonuses. LyondellBasell for example makes it clear to its managers that, regardless of how low their OSHA recordable injury rates are, if there is an incident that is catastrophic on the job, the manager will not receive any kind of bonus.

SAFe is flexible and scalable. This allows each organization to customize the Framework to suit their specific development environment. To facilitate this, SAFe includes a spanning palette with additional roles as well as artifacts that aren't part of Essential SAFe. Click each icon in the spanning palette and learn more about how it can be utilized to your particular situation.