Evaluation of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System Performance Measurement Tool—II: Scoring Methods and Field Study Sites

Abstract

With the proliferation of occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMSs) in the 1990s, an assessment instrument was developed at the University of Michigan to measure a wide range of OHSMSs. Due to the range of systems it was designed to measure, the instrument is referred to as a universal assessment instrument (UAI). This article is part of a series of UAI-related articles and presents methods used in the UAI's initial field evaluation efforts. The UAI's measurement scale, case study methods, data management methods, and test site selection criteria are presented. Three test sites were selected from a pool of 15 that responded to a study solicitation. The case study methods, measurement scales, and data management system were found to be effective in performing the initial validation efforts. It is concluded that the qualitative methods used were effective in collecting the necessary information to further understand the complex nature of management system measurement. Companion articles address the actual evaluation assessment.

Developing the health, safety and environment excellence instrument

“…Because the HSEEI independent structure (being proved by test findings in three different sub sectors of a great industrial company), it can measure the performance and efficiency of a wide range of HSE management systems [15]. The proposed instrument can be used to measure the performance and efficiency of health, safety and environment management systems not just safety like Carder and Ragan (2003) approach or safety and health like UAI (Redinger and Levine, 1998 and 2002) and Cadieux et al, (2005) and it is not just based on a questionnaire with fixed questions like Carder and Ragan (2003) approach and Cadieux et al ., (2005) study [4,12-14]. …”

“…In 1998, The Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Management System Assessment Instrument (MAI) renamed in 2002 to Universal Assessment Instrument (UAI) [13,14], which measures the performance of OHS management systems and which was developed by researchers from the University of Michigan, reported numerous cases of large companies that have improved their OHS results through the use of this tool.…”

Evaluation of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System Performance Measurement Tool—III: Measurement of Initiation Elements

“…M ethods, site selection criteria, and characteristics are presented in detail in the preceding articles of this series. (4,5) The goals of the pilot test were to: (1) evaluate the ability of the UAI's OHSMS principles and measurement criteria to address and measure OHSMSs that were implemented at the test sites; (2) evaluate and further develop the UAI's OHSMS scoring system; (3) observe how the test sites defined and managed OHS; (4) use these key findings to begin the construction of a comprehensive OHSMS theory; and (5) make modifications to the UAI as necessary based on pilot test findings.…”

Prospective safety performance evaluation on construction sites

“…Thus, their t-values are not given in the Amos output. Instrument (Redinger et al, 2002), Safety Diagnosis Criteria (Tinmannsvik and Hovden, 2003), Occupational Health and Safety Self-Diagnostic Tool (Roy et al, 2004) and the pyramid of chemical major accident prevention (Bellamy and Geyer, 2007). However, the inter-relationships among internal variables in the safety performance model appeared to be ignored or are not properly addressed, leading to bias or errors on evaluation results.…”