Literature is replete with examples of Safety Management Systems (SMS) that have been put together and implemented in all types of businesses and industries. I venture to say that, besides a variety of creative acronyms and different strategical approaches of implementation, significant portions of most SMSs share the same basic core principles.
It is implicit that any SMS should deliver a number of goals: safety performance, instituting standards and practices, compliance with regulatory requirements, communications and dissemination of information, setting up responsibilities & rights, etc.