This document establishes the general principles and requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving a safety management system, and provides an overall and common approach. This document applies to: a) organizations of all types and sizes that intend to establish, implement, maintain and improve a safety management system; b) areas such as production safety, community safety, functional area safety, public place safety, campus safety, traffic safety, fire safety, and disaster prevention and mitigation; c) the entire life cycle of an organization, and can be applied to any activities at all levels, including internal and external activities. Note: In order to avoid confusion, the "standardized documents" in this document are referred to as "documents".

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China
GB/T43500-2023
Safety management system
Requirements
Safety management systemsRequirements2023-11-27Released
State Administration for Market Regulation
National Standardization Administration
2024-06-01Implementation
Released
1 Scope，
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Organization and environment
4.1 The organization and its environment，
4.2 Needs and expectations of stakeholders，
4.3 Scope of the safety management system.
4.4 Safety management system and its processes，
5 Leadership and employee participation.
5.1 Leadership
5.2 Safety policy.
5.3 Organizational structure, responsibilities and authorities
5.4 Full participation
6 Planning
6.1 Determination of legal and regulatory requirements and other requirements6.2 Planning to deal with risks
6.2.1 General
Risk identification.
6.2.2
Risk analysis and evaluation
6.2.3
6.2.4 Planning of measures
6.3 Safety objectives and planning for their realization
Safety objectives.
6.3.1
6.3.2
Planning to achieve safety objectives,
6.4 Planning of changes
7 Support
7.1 General
7.2 Resources
7.2.1
General.
7.2.2
Personnel
Funds.
7.2.3
7.2.4 Equipment, facilities and materials
7.2.5 Knowledge and technology,
7.2.6 External resources.
7.3 Safety culture
7.3.1 Organizational safety culture.
7.3.2 Individual safety culture.||t t||7.4 Communication
7.4.1 General.
7.4.2 Internal communication
7.4.3 External communication
7.5 Documented information.
7.5.1 General
7.5.2
7.5.3
Creation and updating
Management and control
Contents
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8 Operation
8.1 Operation planning and control
8.1.1 General
8.1.2
Safety risk management
Hazard investigation and control
8.1.3
8.2 Emergency preparedness and response,
9 Performance evaluation
9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation
． General
Compliance assessment,
9.1.2
9.2 Internal audit,
9.2.1 General
9.2.2 Internal audit procedure
9.3 Management review
9.3.1 General
9.3.2
9.3.3
10 Improvement
10.1
Management review input
Management review Output.
Incidents, nonconformities and corrective actions
Continuous improvement
10.2
1 Scope
Safety management system requirements
GB/T43500-2023
This document sets out the requirements for a safety management system, aiming to enable an organization to control risks and improve safety performance, but it neither specifies specific safety performance criteria nor provides detailed safety management system design specifications. This document is applicable to organizations of all types and sizes that intend to establish, implement, maintain and improve a safety management system. This document is applicable to production safety, community safety, functional area safety, public place safety, campus safety, traffic safety, disaster prevention and mitigation safety, etc., but not to information security, product safety, public security and other industry fields. This document provides an overall and general approach rather than industry or field-specific requirements. This document can be used throughout the life cycle of an organization and can be applied to any activities at all levels, including internal and external activities.
This document can be used in whole or in part for organizations to improve and optimize safety management. However, a statement of conformity to this document can only be accepted if all the requirements of this document are included and fully met by the organization's safety management system. 2 Normative references
This document does not have any normative references.
3 Terms and definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to this document. 3.1
Organizationorganization
A person or group of persons whose functions are structured with responsibilities, authorities and relationships to achieve objectives (3.12). NOTE An organization includes, but is not limited to, enterprises, institutions, government agencies, associations, individual businesses, or parts or combinations of these, whether or not they are incorporated, publicly or privately owned.
Interestedparty
A person or organization (3.1) that can influence or be affected by a decision or activity, or that perceives itself as being affected by a decision or activity. EXAMPLES: Interested parties may include customers, visitors, residents, communities, suppliers, regulators, non-governmental organizations, investors and workers. 3.3
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People who carry out work or work-related activities under the control of an organization (3.1). Note 1 to entry: People carry out work or work-related activities under different arrangements, whether paid or unpaid, such as on a regular or temporary basis, intermittently or seasonally, occasionally or part-time.
Note 2: Staff includes top management (3.8), management personnel and non-management personnel. Note 3 to entry: Depending on the context of the organization, work or work-related activities carried out under the control of the organization may be performed by staff employed by the organization, staff of external suppliers, contractors, individuals, externally assigned workers, and other persons whose work or work-related activities are subject to a degree of common control with the organization.
Requirement
A need or expectation that is stated, usually implied, or must be met. GB/T 43500-2023
Note 1 to entry: “Generally implied” means that it is customary or common practice for the organization (3.1) and interested parties (3.2) to take those needs or expectations into account.
Note 2 to entry: Specified requirements are stated requirements, such as those set out in documented information, legal requirements and other requirements with which the organization (3.1) must comply, and other requirements (3.4) with which the organization must comply or with which it chooses to comply. Note 1 to entry: For the purpose of this document, legal requirements and other requirements are those that are relevant to the safety management system (3.7). Note 2 to entry: “Legal requirements and other requirements” include collective agreements, for example organizational and industry standards, contractual provisions, agreements with associations or non-governmental organizations.
Management system managementsystem
A set of interrelated or interacting elements of an organization (3.1) used to establish its policy (3.10) and objectives (3.12) and the processes to achieve those objectives.
NOTE 1: A management system can address a single area or multiple areas. NOTE 2: System elements include the organization's structure, roles and responsibilities, planning, operation, performance evaluation and improvement. NOTE 3: The scope of a management system may include: the entire organization, specific and identifiable functions or departments within the organization, or one or more functions across the organization. 3.7
Safety management systemsafetymanagementsystem A management system or part of a management system used to establish and achieve the safety policy (3.10) and objectives. 3.8
Top managementtop
management
A person or group of people who directs and controls an organization (3.1) at the highest level. NOTE 1: Top management has the authority to delegate authority and provide resources within the organization, while retaining ultimate responsibility for the safety management system (3.7). NOTE 2: If the scope of the management system covers only part of the organization, top management refers to those who direct and control that part. 3.9
Leadership
The ability to establish strategic policies and objectives, establish a management system, and use human, material, financial and other resources to ensure effective implementation and achieve the objectives.
3.10
Policy
The intention and direction of the organization (3.1) formally expressed by the organization's top management (3.8). 3.11
Safety policy
The safety purpose issued by the organization's top management (3.8), reflecting the internal safety pursuit and code of conduct, as well as the external safety commitment.
Note: The safety policy is the expression of the organization's overall intention and direction to prevent personal injury and health damage, property loss, and provide a healthy and safe environment. 3.12
Objective
The results to be achieved.
Note 1: Objectives can be strategic, tactical or operational. 2
3.13
3.14
3.15
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Note 2: Objectives can involve different areas (such as financial, health and safety and environmental objectives) and can be applied at different levels (such as strategic level, overall organizational level, project level, product and process level). Note 3: Objectives can be expressed in other ways, for example: in terms of expected results, intentions, pursuits, purposes, operating criteria. Note 4: Safety objectives are safety-related goals set by the organization and consistent with the safety policy. Safety objective Safetyobjective
The objectives (3.12) set by the organization (3.1) to achieve specific results consistent with the safety policy (3.11). Safety culture safetyculture
The sum of the attitudes, concepts, awareness, behaviors and safety systems formed by the operation or management process of the organization (3.1). Note 1 to entry: Safety culture is the sum of qualities and attitudes present in an organization (3.1) and individuals. Hazard
A source of potential harm to persons, damage to health, property or damage to the environment. 3.16
Risk
The effect of uncertainty on objectives (3, 12). Note 1 to entry: An effect is a deviation from the expected - positive or negative. Note 2 to entry: Uncertainty is the lack or partial absence of information, understanding or knowledge about an event, its consequences or likelihood. Note 3 to entry: Risk is usually characterized by potential events (3.24) and their consequences, or a combination of both. Note 4 to entry: Risk is usually characterized by the combination of the consequences of an event (3.24) (including changes in circumstances) and the likelihood of its occurrence. Note 5 to entry: In this document, risk refers to safety risk (3.17). 3.17
Safety riskSafety risk
The combination of the likelihood of harm to persons, damage to health, property or damage to the environment and the severity of its consequences. 3.18
Hidden peril
An unsafe act of a person, an unsafe state of a thing, a deficiencies in management, or a combination of these, that may lead to a safety incident (3.24).
3.19
Monitoring
The means and process of determining the status of a system, process or activity. NOTE Inspection, supervision or critical observation may be necessary to determine the status. 3.20
Audit
A systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which the audit criteria are fulfilled.
NOTE 1: An audit may be internal (first party) or external (second or third party) or a combined audit (combining two or more areas).
NOTE 2: Internal audits are conducted by the organization (3.1) itself or by an external party on its behalf. NOTE 3 For the definitions of “audit evidence” and “audit criteria”, refer to ISO 9011.3.21
performance
quantifiable results.
NOTE 1: Performance may involve quantitative or qualitative findings. Results may be determined or evaluated by quantitative or qualitative methods. NOTE 2: Performance may relate to the management of an activity, process, product, service, system or organization (3.1).3.22
conformity
the satisfaction of a requirement (3.4).
3.23
nonconformity
the failure to satisfy a requirement (3.4).
NOTE: Nonconformity relates to the requirements of this International Standard and to the additional requirements of the safety management system (3.7) determined by the organization (3.1).3.24
incident
a situation that could or has resulted in personal injury, damage to health, property or damage to the environment. NOTE 1: An incident in which injury, loss or damage occurs is sometimes called an “incident”. GB/T43500-2023
Note 2: An event that has not occurred but could have caused injury, loss or damage is called a "near-miss", "near hit\ or \closecal1" in English, and may also be called "attempt", "attempted accident" or "accident potential" in Chinese. Note 3: Although an event may involve one or more nonconformities (3.22), it may also occur in the absence of nonconformities (3.23). 3.25
Continuous improvement continuousimprovement a cyclic activity to improve performance (3.21)
Note 1: Improving performance involves the use of the safety management system (3.7) to achieve improvements in overall safety performance consistent with the safety policy (3.11) and safety objectives (3.13).
NOTE 2: Continuous does not mean uninterrupted, so activities do not have to occur in all areas at the same time 4 Organization and environment
4.1 The organization and its environment
The organization shall determine the internal and external factors that are relevant to its purpose and that affect the achievement of the intended results of its safety management system, including factors that are influenced by or can influence the organization.
The organization shall monitor and evaluate relevant information on these internal and external factors. NOTE 1: Internal and external factors may be positive or negative, and include conditions, characteristics or changes that can affect the organization's safety management system. NOTE 2: To help understand the external environment, factors related to international, national, regional or local politics, laws and regulations, culture, society, economy or finance, technology, market competition, natural environment, etc. may be considered. NOTE 3: To help understand the internal environment, factors related to the attributes, characteristics, values ??and culture of the organization may be considered. 4.2 Needs and expectations of interested parties
The organization shall determine:
a) interested parties related to the safety management system; b)
the needs and expectations of interested parties related to the safety management system; c)
which of these needs and expectations are or may become legal and regulatory requirements and other requirements; which of these needs will be addressed by the safety management system. 4.3 Scope of the safety management system
The organization shall define the boundaries and applicability of the safety management system to determine its scope. When determining the scope, the organization shall consider:
a) internal and external factors (see 4.1);
b) the needs and expectations of interested parties (see 4.2); c) planned or implemented activities.
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The safety management system shall include activities, products and services that are under the control of the organization or within its sphere of influence and that may affect the safety performance of the organization. The organization shall document the scope. 4.4 Safety management system and its processes
The organization shall establish, implement, maintain and continually improve the safety management system, including the required processes and their interactions, in accordance with the requirements of this document. The safety management system shall be integrated with other management systems of the organization. The organization shall determine the processes required for the safety management system and their application throughout the organization, and shall: a) determine the required inputs and expected outputs of these processes; b) determine the sequence and interaction of these processes; c)
Determine and apply the required criteria and methods (including monitoring, measurement and related performance indicators) to ensure the effective operation and control of these processes:
Determine the resources required for these processes and ensure their availability; assign responsibilities and authorities for these processes:
Implement processes as planned (see 6) Keep documented information to support process operation and ensure that the processes are carried out as planned: Effectively evaluate processes and promptly correct changes to ensure that the expected results of these processes are achieved: Improve processes and safety management system.
Leadership and full participation
5.1 Leadership
Top management shall demonstrate its leadership and commitment to the safety management system by: taking overall responsibility and accountability for the safety management system and its performance; a)
Clearly establish safety policies and safety objectives, and align them with the strategic direction of the organization; ensure that the safety management system requirements are integrated into the organization's business processes; ensure the resources required to establish, implement, maintain and improve the safety management system; communicate the importance of effective safety management and compliance with safety management system requirements; ensure that the safety management system achieves its intended results; guide and support actions to maintain and enhance the effectiveness of the safety management system; ensure and promote Promote continuous improvement of safety performance and safety management system; support and supervise other relevant managers to play a leading role within their responsibilities; establish, guide and promote safety culture within the organization; protect various practices and actions that are conducive to safety assurance, and protect stakeholders from retaliation for reporting hidden dangers, violations, incidents, etc.;
Strengthen attention to and control of major hazards, major safety risks, potential risks of major accidents and new risks, ensure full consideration of the safety needs and expectations of stakeholders, and establish and implement their consultation and participation processes when necessary; 5
When necessary, support the establishment and operation of a safety management committee or working group within the organization 5
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