"Whatever you have heard or experienced, a Safety Management System enables you to better comply with regulations and other requirements, will help your business minimize injuries and occupational illnesses (or both), and it will help keep your business costs down".

Source: https://www.rit.edu/~w-outrea/training/Intro/RisksBenefits.pdf

"In a climate of increasing health and safety legislation and liabilities, organisations of all sizes and industry sectors are now implementing management systems as a framework for improving their health and safety performance".

Source: http://www.nqa.com/en/managementsystems/health-and-safety-management.asp