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Behavior Based Safety & You

The document discusses the principles of behavior-based safety and how focusing on changing unsafe behaviors through observation and feedback can help prevent accidents, as human behavior contributes to most accidents rather than unsafe conditions alone. Traditional safety approaches focus more on regulations and procedures, whereas behavior-based safety seeks to understand the root causes of behaviors and implement safety practices from the bottom-up through employee involvement. The goal is to positively reinforce safe behaviors and discourage at-risk behaviors in order to prevent injuries, accidents and other safety incidents.

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Behavior Based Safety & You

The document discusses the principles of behavior-based safety and how focusing on changing unsafe behaviors through observation and feedback can help prevent accidents, as human behavior contributes to most accidents rather than unsafe conditions alone. Traditional safety approaches focus more on regulations and procedures, whereas behavior-based safety seeks to understand the root causes of behaviors and implement safety practices from the bottom-up through employee involvement. The goal is to positively reinforce safe behaviors and discourage at-risk behaviors in order to prevent injuries, accidents and other safety incidents.

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BEHAVIOR

BASED
SAFETY & Y
OU
ELEMENT CONTRIBUTING IN THE
BEHAVIOUR BASE SAFETY

1. HUMAN ATTRIBUTES
1) KNOWLEDGE,
2) SKILLS, ABILITY,
3) INTELLIGENCE,
4) MOTIVES, ETC.

….WHAT DO YOU KNOW


…WHAT CAN I DO
….DOING IT WELL VS. JUST DOING IT
ELEMENTS OF SAFETY

2… WORK ENVIRONMENT:
1)EQUIPMENT,
2)TOOLS,
3)MACHINES,
4)PROCEDURES,
5)FACILITES…
6)INDOORS/OUTDOORS
Conditions
ELEMENTS OF SAFETY

3…BEHAVIOR: (WHAT PEOPLE DO)

0 WE ARE ATTRACTED TO NEGATIVE


BEHAVIOR

0 WHO DROVE THE SPEED LIMIT THIS


WEEKEND/TODAY?

0 WHO TEXTED OR TALKED ON CELL


COMING HERE TODAY ?

0 WE PUSH THE ENVELOPE


NEAR MISSES:
0 UNSAFE BEHAVIORS DON’T ALWAYS RESULT IN
ACCIDENTS
0 NEAR MISSES ARE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES TO
PREVENT FUTURE ISSUES
0 DON’T IGNORE UNSAFE BEHAVIOR
0 WE DO A LOT OF UNSAFE THINGS & GET AWAY
WITH IT.. DOES THAT MAKE IT OK?
0 EVENTUALLY IT WILL CATCH UP TO US
What is Behavior Based Safety

0 Human behavior causes most accidents


0 – Comfort
0 – Saving Time
0 – Convenience
0 – Lack of understanding and training
0 – Complacency
0 – Wrong Safety focus
0 – Celebrating production over safety
SAFETY TOOLS NEEDED:

0 Safety Manual
0 Procedures
0 MSDS MANUALS
0 PPE
0 Observations
0 Audits
ACCEPTED PERCEPTIONS

RIGHT
HAND VS
LEFT HAND
INCENTIVE PROGRAMS….
0 Incentive programs
can give a wrong focus
on safety and health.
0 They will not improve
the HSE
0 It will just give us more
“fat cats”
TRADITIONAL……..
0 TYPICALLY A TOP-DOWN APPROACH
0 FOCUS ON REGUALTIONS & PROCEDURES
0 TREATS SYMPTOMS
0 EXTERNAL ENFORCEMENT
0 DO AS I SAY…JUST DO IT… BUT WHEN BACK IS
TURNED…THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
BEHAVIORAL BASED…..

0 IS A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH
0 FOCUS ON EMPLOYEE BEHAVIORS
0 ADDRESSES ROOT CAUSES
0 INTERNAL ENFORCEMENT
0 IMPLEMENTATION OF CHECKLIST
ACCIDENT/INCIDENT
INCIDENTS…….600
PROPERTY DAMAGE... 30
MINOR INJURY…10
LOST-TIME INJURY….1

CHANGE BEHAVIOR AT “600” LEVEL & YOU CAN


PREVENT THE OTHER 3 RESULTING ITEMS
BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS I
0 WHAT ARE BEHAVIORS?
0 ARE BEHAVIORS
OBSERVABLE?
0 ARE BEHAVIORS
INHERENTLY “GOOD” OR
“BAD”?
0 ARE PEOPLE UNDER
PEER GROUP PRESSURE?
0 ARE PEOPLE ARE
TRAINED AND AWARE OF
THE SITUATION?
BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS
0 BEHAVIORS RESULT IN POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES FOR WORKERS.
0 IMMEDIATE, SURE & GOOD CONSEQUENCES
REINFORCED.
0 IMMEDIATE, SURE & BAD CONSEQUENCES
REFUTED.
Unsafe Acts / Unsafe Conditions

80-85% of all incidents are the result of unsafe acts;

15-20% of all incidents are the result of unsafe


conditions.

Question: If true, why are most efforts geared


towards unsafe conditions?
Answer: It’s easier to deal with unsafe conditions
than unsafe acts.

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