Behavior - Based Safety (BBS)

What is Behavior- Based Safety?

• Reflects a proactive approach to safety and health management

• Reflects a proactive approach to injury & property loss prevention

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What is Behavior-Based Safety?

• Focuses on at-risk behaviors that can lead to injury & property loss

• Focuses on safe behaviors that can contribute to injury & property loss prevention

• BBS is an injury prevention process

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Implementation Phases of BBS

• Phase 1 - assess the safety culture

• Phase 2 - educate and train team leaders

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Implementation Phases of BBS

• Phase 3 - educate and train employees about the principles, tools, and implementation strategies

• Phase 4 - monitor the progress

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The Corporate Safety Culture

• Develop a clear safety mission and goals

• Communicate the vision and goals

• Enable each area to attain its own safety goals

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The Corporate Safety Culture

• Encourage individual participation

• Empower employees to set and achieve their own goals

• Foster mutual respect and support

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The Safety Triad

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Critical Behaviors and Barriers to Safety

• At-risk behaviors that lead to serious injury or fatality

• At-risk behaviors that could lead to serious injury or fatality

• At-risk behaviors that lead to a large number of minor injuries or near misses

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• At-risk behaviors that could contribute to a large number of injuries because many people perform a given task

• Safe behaviors that need to occur consistently in order to prevent personal injury

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Critical Behaviors and Barriers to Safety

Motivation

• Motivation is built on a solid corporate culture

• Some examples of motivational influences that can take precedence over motivation include:

– an individual’s self worth

– a secure work environment

– desire for achievement

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Motivation

• Some examples of motivational influences that can take precedence over motivation include:

– desire for recognition

– how employees feel about their jobs in

general

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Motivation

• Lack of motivation often centers around attitudinal problems

• Address the motivational influences to increase energy and enthusiasm

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Motivation

• Key motivational points include:

– asking employees for their input

– holding morale-building meetings

– providing employees with the tools they need

to do their work

– recognizing personal needs

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Motivation

• Key motivational points include:

– providing employees with challenging tasks

– privately recognizing employees for good

work

– fostering a sense of community at your facility

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The “DO IT” Process

• Define behaviors

• Observe behaviors

• Intervene

• Test the intervention

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Principles of Behavior-Based Safety

• Focus intervention on observable behavior

• Look for external factors to understand/improve behaviors

• Direct with activators and motivate with consequences

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• Focus on positive consequences to motivate behavior

• Apply the scientific method to improve intervention

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Principles of Behavior-Based Safety

• Use theory to integrate information, not to limit possibilities

• Design interventions with consideration of internal feelings and attitudes

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Principles of Behavior-Based Safety

Summary Behavior-Based safety

• Reflects a proactive approach to safety and health management

• Reflects a proactive approach to injury prevention

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• Focuses on at-risk behaviors that can lead to injury

• Focuses on safe behaviors that can contribute to injury prevention

• Is an injury prevention process

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Summary Behavior-Based Safety