Patent ID: 8090749

Claim:
A safety management system for use in industry comprising: a safety management server connected to a network, the safety management server comprising: a database component for storing safety information including: project information comprising at least one project entry, each project entry comprising: a unique project identifier; and project data; safety card information comprising at least one safety card entry, each safety card entry comprising: a unique safety card identifier; a project identifier selected from the unique project identifiers of the at least one project entry; safety card data; a safety performance index (SPI) rating indicating a level of severity of the safety card; action information comprising at least one action entry, each action entry comprising: a unique action identifier; a project identifier selected from the unique project identifier of the at least one project entries; and action data defining an action required to be taken and including an indication of if the action has been completed; and notification information comprising at least one notification entry, each notification entry comprising: a unique notification identifier; a project identifier selected from the unique project identifier of the at least one project entry; and notification card data including a unique action identifier of an action entry of the at least one action entry associated with the notification entry; and a control component for generating notifications and providing notification information to the database component, comprising a notification component for calculating a SPI of a project based on at least the safety card data SPI rating of at least one of the safety card entries with the project identifier corresponding to the project identifier of the received safety card information.