While it has been established for many years that the management of Occupational
Health and Safety (OHS) is carried out by means of Management Systems, the
question of how to measure the performance and the control of these systems is still
current. The first part of the article addresses the issue of the traditional indicators
identified in the literature. Once defined, their contribution and limitations are
discussed. Next, the general concept of Balanced Scorecards is described, along with
a survey of the work that has been carried out in the OHS domain. Finally, an
example from the aeronautic and aerospace industry is used to illustrate the
Balanced Scorecards model. It integrates leading management indicators for two
particularly interesting sub-processes of a Management System; namely, the
supervision of regulatory compliance and risk management