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Safety management systems (SMS) have been used by many organizations to manage workplace safety for over five decades. Wide ranges of these are available. However, there is very little published research on the strengths and weaknesses of each. This is a significant gap, which this article seeks to address through an integrative review of the published literature, by comparing and contrasting three SMS.
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Pillay, M. (2019). A Comparative Analysis of AS/NZS 4801, ISO 45000 and OHSAS 18001 Safety Management Systems. In: Ahram, T., Karwowski, W., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design. IHSED 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 876. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02053-8_121
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