This is accomplished by developing an organization-wide safety policy; formal methods of identifying hazards and analyzing and mitigating risk; methods for ensuring continuous safety improvement; and organization-wide strategies to promote safety.

SMS focuses on organizational or system safety rather than conventional work-related health and safety issues. SMS allows the organization to pro-actively manage risk, detect and correct safety problems before those problems result in incidents or accidents, and reduce the impact and cost of incidents.

• Tools to enhance safety levels. 
• A structured, proactive approach to managing the safety effort.
• Heightened awareness of safety leading to an improved safety culture. 
• Reduce the direct and indirect costs of accidents including fines, repair costs, damage claims and increased insurance premiums. 
• Improve employee morale and productivity by promoting increased communication throughout the organization.
• Establish a marketable safety record.
• Comply with legal responsibilities for safety.
• Avoid incident investigation costs and operational disruptions.
• Continuous improvement of operational processes. 
• Safety Policy Statement 

Safety Policy Statement:  The Safety Policy of Lambert holds safety as a core value through commitment to managing a program with the intent of reducing risk of injury, loss of life, property damage and threats to the environment.   

Safety Policy Considerations:  Safety is a cooperative undertaking requiring an ever-present safety and health awareness on the part of every employee at the Airport.  Safety is everyone’s job and is a living program which incorporates continued improvement. This Policy resonates from the core leadership of the organization, and complements the overall mission of STL.

This SMS Policy acknowledges the City of St. Louis's Safety Policy currently in place.