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Behavior-Based Safety:PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
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Dr Dominic Cooper C.Psychol CFIOSH
Keynote SpeechBehavioralSafetyNow 09 Conference
Jacksonville, Florida, Oct.
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BBS History
• 1960’s – 1st formal study – Posters = Behavior Change– Fortune 500 companies begin use of behavioral
principles with Quality, Productivity
• 1970’s – Robust academic studies = Fledgling BBS movement
• 1980’s – US Academe & Commercialization = BBS providers
• 1990’s – BBS spreads to entire English speaking world
• 2000 plus – BBS spreads to become worldwide phenomena
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Three Traditions = BBS
SafetySafety (Systems) (Systems) BBSBBS
ManagementManagement(Culture)(Culture)
PsychologyPsychology (People)(People)
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What is BBS?
'A process that creates a safety partnership between management and the workforce by continually focusing everyone's attention and actions on their own, and others, safety behavior'.
the application of behavioral research on human performance to the problems of safety in the workplace.
Vs.
Academic
Practical
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People monitor their own behavior
Self -ManagedSelf -Managed
BBS Process Models
Supervisors are trained in the method, which they then apply to ‘hourly’ employees.
BBSBBS
Employee-led with management providing resources.
Safety partnership between Management and Employees.
Top-downTop-down Bottom-upBottom-up
CulturalCultural
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1968 – Applied Behavioral Analysis = Self-examining, self-evaluating, discovery-orientated procedure for identifying and changing behavior.
BehaviorsBehaviorsEverything wedo or don’t do
AntecedentsAntecedents• Policies• Planning• Materials• Equipment• Manpower Trigger Trigger
TriggerTrigger
MaintainMaintain
ConsequencesConsequences• Feedback
Job Progress Rewards Incidents
Can become.. Can become..
The Technology - What does the past tell us?
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The BBS Process - What does the past tell us?
1970’s to present[1] Select the behavior of concern[2] Define it [3] Develop a valid, reliable measurement system to monitor change [4] Arrange for the reinforcement of the behavior when it is performed
1980’s to present[5] Establish baseline of current performance [6] Set improvement targets or goals on basis of baseline score[7] Analyze the observation data to identify barriers
1990’s to present[8] Track the progress of corrective actions[9] Inclusion of managerial Safety Leadership
Future[10] Extend to behaviors that cover entire incident causation chain
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Three practical considerations for Industry:
1. The importance of the behaviours to be changed = target the 20% of behaviours causing 80% of the problem
2.The exact procedures that contribute to change = Observation / Coaching / Feedback / Targets, KPI’s, etc
3.The BBS procedures supporting change = Collating, Trending and Analyzing the data
The BBS Process - What does the past tell us?
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The Importance Of The Behaviours To Be Changed
The more specific the behaviors the bigger the impact!
Specific Vs. General
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Contact rate
The BBS Procedures Actually Contributing To Change
Observation Focus
Number of Feedback Channels
Technology X Process = Incident Reduction
Focus by Setting
Most Effective
Most Effective
Most Effective
Most Effective
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The BBS Procedures Supporting Change
Create Tabulated Feedback Reports Corrective Action Tracking
Data Analysis Check Impact on Injuries
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The Future of BBS
Back to the Past Widespread Use of Very Specific Behaviors Monitoring of Workgroups or Individuals by Type of Setting Increased Contact Rates
Into the Future Better Use of Data Use of More Feedback Channels Extend to other areas (e.g. Environment) to improve RoI Integrate BBS into Mainstream SMS Standardized Benchmarking
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The Future of BBS - Integrate BBS into Mainstream SMS
Extend BBS process to cover entire accident causation chain – i.e. CEO to workgroups
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Widespread use of BBS Maturity Ladder to Benchmark against best practice
The Future of BBS - Standardized BBS Benchmarking
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