Behavior-based Behavior-based Safety (BBS)Safety (BBS)

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What is BBS What is BBS ImplementationImplementation The corporate safety culture The corporate safety culture The Safety TriadThe Safety Triad Critical behaviors and barriers to safetyCritical behaviors and barriers to safety Motivation Motivation The “DO IT” processThe “DO IT” process Principles of BBSPrinciples of BBS

BBS for Accident Prevention in Indian BBS for Accident Prevention in Indian Org.Org.

25 25 safety awareness surveys by H L safety awareness surveys by H L Kaila of organisations in variousKaila of organisations in various

What is behavior-based What is behavior-based safety?safety? Reflects a Reflects a proactive approach proactive approach to to

safety and health managementsafety and health management

Reflects a proactive Reflects a proactive approach to approach to injury injury preventionprevention

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What is behavior-based What is behavior-based safety?safety? Focuses on Focuses on at-risk behaviors at-risk behaviors that that

can lead to injurycan lead to injury Focuses on safe behaviors that can Focuses on safe behaviors that can

contribute to contribute to injury preventioninjury prevention

BBS is an injury BBS is an injury prevention processprevention process

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Implementation phases of Implementation phases of BBSBBS Phase 1Phase 1 - assess the safety culture - assess the safety culture

Phase 2Phase 2 - educate - educate and train team and train team leadersleaders

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Implementation phases of Implementation phases of BBSBBS Phase 3Phase 3 - educate and train - educate and train

employees about the principles, employees about the principles, tools, and tools, and implementation implementation strategiesstrategies

Phase 4Phase 4 - monitor - monitor the progressthe progress

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The corporate safety The corporate safety cultureculture Develop a clear safety mission and Develop a clear safety mission and

goalsgoals Communicate the vision and goalsCommunicate the vision and goals Enable each area to Enable each area to

attain its own safety attain its own safety goalsgoals

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The corporate safety The corporate safety cultureculture Encourage individual participationEncourage individual participation Empower employees to set and Empower employees to set and

achieve their own goalsachieve their own goals Foster mutual Foster mutual

respect and supportrespect and support

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The Safety TriadThe Safety Triad

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Critical behaviors and Critical behaviors and barriers to safetybarriers to safety At-risk behaviors that lead to a At-risk behaviors that lead to a

large number of minor injuries large number of minor injuries

At-risk behaviors that lead to At-risk behaviors that lead to serious injuryserious injury

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Critical behaviors and Critical behaviors and barriers to safetybarriers to safety At-risk behaviors that could At-risk behaviors that could

contribute to a large number of contribute to a large number of injuries because many people injuries because many people perform a given taskperform a given task

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

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MotivationMotivation Motivation is built on a solid Motivation is built on a solid

corporate culturecorporate culture

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MotivationMotivation Some examples of motivational Some examples of motivational

influences that can take influences that can take precedence over motivation precedence over motivation include:include:• an individual’s self worthan individual’s self worth• a secure work environmenta secure work environment• desire for achievementdesire for achievement

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MotivationMotivation Some examples of motivational Some examples of motivational

influences that can take influences that can take precedence over motivation precedence over motivation include:include:• desire for recognitiondesire for recognition• how employees feel about their jobs how employees feel about their jobs

in generalin general

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MotivationMotivation Lack of motivation often centers Lack of motivation often centers

around attitudinal problemsaround attitudinal problems

Address the motivational Address the motivational influences to increase energy and influences to increase energy and enthusiasmenthusiasm

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MotivationMotivation Key motivational points include:Key motivational points include:

• asking employees for their inputasking employees for their input• holding morale-building meetingsholding morale-building meetings• providing employees with the tools providing employees with the tools

they need to do their workthey need to do their work• recognizing personal needsrecognizing personal needs

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MotivationMotivation Key motivational points include:Key motivational points include:

• providing employees with challenging providing employees with challenging taskstasks

• privately recognizing employees for privately recognizing employees for good workgood work

• fostering a sense of community at fostering a sense of community at your facilityyour facility

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The “DO IT” processThe “DO IT” process DDefine behaviorsefine behaviors

OObserve behaviorsbserve behaviors

IIntervenentervene

TTest the interventionest the intervention

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Principles of Principles of behavior-based safetybehavior-based safety Focus intervention on observable Focus intervention on observable

behaviorbehavior

Look for external factors to Look for external factors to understand/improve behaviorsunderstand/improve behaviors

Direct with activators and motivate Direct with activators and motivate with consequenceswith consequences

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Principles of Principles of behavior-based safetybehavior-based safety Focus on positive consequences to Focus on positive consequences to

motivate behaviormotivate behavior

Apply the scientific method to Apply the scientific method to improve interventionimprove intervention

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Principles of Principles of behavior-based safetybehavior-based safety Use theory to integrate Use theory to integrate

information, not to limit information, not to limit possibilitiespossibilities

Design interventions with Design interventions with consideration of internal feelings consideration of internal feelings and attitudesand attitudes

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SummarySummaryBehavior-based safetyBehavior-based safety Reflects a proactive approach to Reflects a proactive approach to

safety and health managementsafety and health management

Reflects a proactive approach to Reflects a proactive approach to injury preventioninjury prevention

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SummarySummaryBehavior-based safetyBehavior-based safety Focuses on at-risk behaviors that Focuses on at-risk behaviors that

can lead to injurycan lead to injury

Focuses on safe behaviors that can Focuses on safe behaviors that can contribute to injury preventioncontribute to injury prevention

Is an injury prevention processIs an injury prevention process

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