To improve road safety performance ExxonMobil applies three connecting management systems.

1. The Core Safety Management System is the Operations Integrity Management System.
The safety/ health/ environmental policies set by ExxonMobil and its affiliates around the world reflect our commitment to high operational standards. To help meet this commitment, the company has developed its Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS). OIMS is a disciplined framework for the management of safety throughout the corporation and across all business lines. It allows us to track our experiences and to use those findings to fine-tune future expectations and actions, thereby continually improving performance. Through OIMS we measure progress, plan future improvements and ensure management accountability.

OIMS establishes a common language and greatly improves internal sharing of successful systems and practices across our business. The OIMS framework comprises 11 elements each with clearly defined expectations.

OIMS is the umbrella safety management system under which there are specific road safety procedures and guidelines. Specifically our Safe Trucks Operating Procedures and the Vehicle Safety Management Guidelines both of which capture and apply OIMS elements to road transportation.

Chart: Relationship between OIMS/ STOPS/ VSMG


For a more detailed explanation of how these elements work in practice, see our publication Operations Integrity Management System.

2. Safety Operating Guidelines for Vehicles set up in the Vehicle Safety Management Guidelines

The objective of vehicle safety management guidelines is to build a sound vehicle safety management system and to set minimum requirements for all vehicles. It encompasses the safe operations of road transport delivery vehicles and is also linked into the company-wide OIMS system. In addition to OIMS elements, it also covers personal safety.

VSMG is applied to all contracted fleet operations. There are also periodic assessments of effectiveness, including self assessments by the contractor and spot checks by ExxonMobil. Twice a year every hauler must conduct a status review of the programme versus the OIMS elements. Any weakness needs to be addressed with an action or gap closure plan agreed with the ExxonMobil Fleet Supervisor. The Fleet Supervisor in each country visits each hauler and conducts a random check to ensure action plans are addressed. 

These management systems are closely linked and inter-related. To understand better how these systems link together in practical terms, below is an outline of how they would apply to driver competency.

Chart: Relationship & Linkages: Example Driver Competency

3. Fleet Operating Procedures incorporated in the Safe Trucks Operating Procedures (STOPs)
The Safe Trucks operating procedures outline the expectations of ExxonMobil for its Fleet Operations. Contractors are expected to have similar procedures in place. It focuses on three areas: management systems, drivers and equipment. In addition to OIMS elements, it also covers personal safety.