Behavior-based Safety (BBS)

What is behavior-based safety?

Reflects

a proactive approach to safety and health management a proactive approach to injury prevention
1a

Reflects

What is behavior-based safety?

Focuses Focuses

on at-risk behaviors that can lead to injury on safe behaviors that can contribute to injury prevention is an injury prevention process
1b

BBS

Implementation phases of BBS

Phase

1 - assess the safety culture 2 - educate and train team leaders

Phase

2a

Implementation phases of BBS

Phase

3 - educate and train employees about the principles, tools, and implementation strategies 4 - monitor the progress
2b

Phase

The corporate safety culture

Develop

a clear safety mission and goals goals the vision and

Communicate

Enable

each area to attain its own safety goals

3a

The corporate safety culture

Encourage

individual participation employees to set and achieve their own goals mutual respect and support
3b

Empower

Foster

The Safety Triad

4a

Critical behaviors and barriers to safety

At-risk At-risk At-risk

behaviors that lead to serious injury or fatality behaviors that could lead to serious injury or fatality behaviors that lead to a large number of minor injuries or near misses
5a

Critical behaviors and barriers to safety

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

5b

Motivation
Motivation

is built on a solid corporate culture

6a

Motivation
Some

examples of motivational influences that can take precedence over motivation include:
an individuals self worth a secure work environment desire for achievement

6b

Motivation
Some

examples of motivational influences that can take precedence over motivation include:
desire for recognition how employees feel about their jobs in general

6c

Motivation
Lack

of motivation often centers around attitudinal problems the motivational influences to increase energy and enthusiasm
6d

Address

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

6e

Motivation
Key

motivational points include:

providing employees with challenging tasks privately recognizing employees for good work fostering a sense of community at your facility

6f

The DO IT process
Define behaviors

Observe behaviors
Intervene Test the intervention
7a

Principles of behavior-based safety

Focus

intervention on observable behavior for external factors to understand/improve behaviors with activators and motivate with consequences
8a

Look

Direct

Principles of behavior-based safety

Focus

on positive consequences to motivate behavior the scientific method to improve intervention

Apply

8b

Principles of behavior-based safety

Use

theory to integrate information, not to limit possibilities interventions with consideration of internal feelings and attitudes
8c

Design

Summary Behavior-based safety

Reflects

a proactive approach to safety and health management a proactive approach to injury prevention

Reflects

9a

Summary Behavior-based safety

Focuses

on at-risk behaviors that can lead to injury on safe behaviors that can contribute to injury prevention an injury prevention process
9b

Focuses

Is