This article presents proposals for improvements of a method for assessing health and safety management systems. This method has resilience engineering (RE) as its underlying philosophy and it was originally devised and tested in a case study of a manufacturing plant. Four changes were proposed in comparison with the original version of the method: (a) guidelines for assessing the use of RE principles more systematically; (b) guidelines for developing an action plan as a result of the assessment; (c) re-organization of the data collection tools in order to make it easier for use by inexperienced auditors; and (d) procedures for facilitating the assignment of scores to the items assessed. The impact of these changes is illustrated by means of a case study in which the method was applied in a company that distributes electrical energy. The changes in the method were not made as a result of the particularities of the company involved in the case study, which is an indication of possible application of the method in other sectors, beyond manufacturing.
Health and safety management; Resilience engineering; Electricians
