Behavior-based

Safety (BBS)
What is behavior-based
safety?
 Proactive approach to safety
and health management

 Proactive approach
to injury prevention

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What is behavior-based
safety?
 Focuses on at-risk behaviors
that can lead to injury
 Focuses on safe behaviors that
can contribute to
injury prevention

 BBS is an injury
prevention process
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Behavior Base Safety
At Risk Behavior
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Careless Approach

I Hope Main Switch is Off

At Risk Behavior
No Attention
At Risk Behavior
Over Confidence
The corporate safety
culture
 Develop a clear safety mission
and goals

 Communicate the vision and

goals

 Enable each area to

attain its own safety
goals
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 The corporate safety
culture

 Encourage individual participation

 Foster mutual respect and support

3b
The Safety Triad

4a
 Vision

To become an accident free organization.

Continuous improvement to achieve

a) ‘ Zero Accident’
Behavior Base Safety
Behavior Base Safety
Critical behaviors and
barriers to safety

 At-risk behaviors that could

lead to serious injury or fatality

 At-risk behaviors that lead to a

large number of minor injuries
or near misses

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At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
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
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At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
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Eye Injury due to Contact
Lens

Do Not Use
Contact Lenses.
Wear Safety Goggle
 The “DO IT” process

 Define behaviors
 Observe behaviors
 Intervene
 Test the intervention
7a
Summary
Behavior-based safety
 Reflects a proactive approach
to safety and health
management

 Reflects a proactive approach

to injury prevention

9a
Summary
Behavior-based safety
 Focuses on at-risk behaviors
that can lead to injury

 Focuses on safe behaviors that

can contribute to injury
prevention

 Is an injury prevention process

9b
Behavior Base Safety
 Think & Practice Safety

It could save your life

Implementation phases
of BBS
 Phase 1 - assess the safety
culture

 Phase 2 - educate
and train team
leaders

2a
Implementation phases
of BBS
 Phase 3 - educate and train
employees about the principles,
tools, and implementation
strategies

 Phase 4 - monitor
the progress

2b