BehaviorBased Safety

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Behavior-Based Safety

• Behavior-Based Safety is a process that helps
  employees identify and choose a safe behavior
  over an unsafe one.

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Basic Behavior Principles

• Safety in the workplace is a combination of three
  measurable components the person, their
  environment, and their behavior.
• Only when these three elements are combined can
  workplace accidents be eliminated.

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Basic Behavior Principles

• The person component consist of the employees
• Physical capabilities
• Experience, and
• Training

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Basic Behavior Principles

• The work environment represents
• Engineering Controls,
• Equipment,
• Job task, and
• The work culture

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Basic Behavior Principles

• The final, most often overlooked component is
  behaviorwhat the person does on the job.

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The Behavior-Based Safety Process

• Behavior-based safety is based on four key
  components
• A behavioral observation and feedback process
• A formal review of observation data
• Improvement goals, and
• Reinforcement for improvement and goal attainment.

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Behavioral Observation and Feedback

• This is one of the most important components of
  the process. Observations provide direct,
  measurable information on employees safe work
  practices.
• Employees are observed performing their routine
  task. The observer documents both safe and
  unsafe behaviors.
• The employee is then provided positive feedback
  on the safe behaviors and non-threatening
  feedback on the unsafe behaviors. They are also
  provided with suggestions on correcting the
  unsafe behaviors.

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Formal Review of Observation Data

• The data is then analyzed to determine the
  employees (or departments) improvement in safe
  behaviors. It can be looked at as an overall
  percentage.
• Example If there were 20 items on the checklist
  and the worker performed 17 of them safely, then
  he would get a score of 85 safe.

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Formal Review of Observation Data

• The improvement between observations could be
  graphed and displayed for employees to view.
  When the graphs shows improvement, it provides
  positive reinforcing feedback to employees.

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Improvement Goals

• Setting improvement goals increases the
  effectiveness of feedback and the success of the
  behavior-based safety process.

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Improvement Goals

• These goals can take different forms, such as
• Percent safe goals
• Process goals
• Implementation goals

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Reinforcement for Improvement and Goal Attainment

• Management must provide immediate, positive
  feedback to reinforce safe behavior. Rewards can
  be an effective means of reinforcing goal
  attainment.

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Results

• Increased efficiency
• Increased productivity
• Increased morale
• Increase profitability