OSH Management Systems: The Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle

Abstract

Are your occupational safety and health (OSH) management systems powered with Relational Database Management Technology (RDMT) or equivalent technology?

That is, do they share OSH compliance management data relationally within and between multiple programs?

In the previous two issues of Journal of System Safety, I introduced two important aspects of effective occupational safety and health (OSH) management systems (MS):

• Content: i.e., they are built on Federal regulations and official guidelines only
• Structure: i.e. they manage multiple programs based on or similar to the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) model of “continuous improvement.”