Behavior Based Safety

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Author: William R. Holliday, CSP
Date: October 11, 1999

Georgia Chapter ASSE: http://www.asse-ga.org/


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Behavior Based Safety

Cartoon

Objectives Today:

Why Safety Programs Do Not Work:

“Fallacies or Realities” in Safety Fables?

Core Elements in Successful Safety Programs

Safety Intervention Strategies (By NSC)

Behavior Based Safety: What Is It?

Behavior Based Safety:What It Is Not!

Interventions: Always Consider These 3 Components

Traditional Hierarchy of Safety Interventions Included:

Safety Management System Intervention 7 components

Safety Management System Intervention 7 components (cont'd)

Safety Management System Intervention 7 components (cont'd

If Safety Interventions are Effective You Will See:

“Business is Behavior”*

Suggested BBS Process:

Observations, Feedback & Data Collection:

Use Prior Experience Data to Target Jobs for Observation

Define Critical Behaviors - What is "Safe" & What is "At-risk"?

Obstacles To Success:

Keys to Success:

Human Behavior is a function of :

Human behavior is both:

Attitudes are inside a person’s head -therefore they are not observable or measurable

ABC Model

Definitions:

Some examples of activators

Definitions:Definitions:

Some examples of behavior:

Definitions:

Some example of Consequences:

Consequences - How would you view them?

Only 4 Types of Consequences:

Consequences Influence Behaviors Based Upon Individual Perceptions of:

Both Positive (R+) & Negative (R-) Reinforcement Can Increase Behavior

Good safety suggestion Joe! Keep bringing 'em up!

Performance

Both Punishment & Extinction Decrease Behavior

You bonehead!!

Chart

Chart

Performance Curve

What Employees Want:

What Management Wants:

Why is one sign often ignored, the other one often followed?

If you want to know what people find to be reinforcing.

Create Conditions

Focus

Avoid The Following Headline:

Why Do We Need to Change?