THE BENEFITS OF BEHAVIOUR-BASED SAFETY

THE BENEFITS OF BEHAVIOUR-BASED SAFETY TO ORGANIZATIONS

Behaviour -based safety combines the aspects of behavioural science with industrial safety in order to create a  ”new”  process to promote safety in the workplace. Research has indicated that as safe behaviours rise, safety incidents reduce.

 FOUR COMPONENTS OF BBS.                                                                                                                                               \

Investigation of the antecedents to at risk behaviours: the observation process action plans to influence at risk behaviours and conditions feedback. 

When BBS is implemented in the workplace, it leads to an increase in safe behaviours and a fall in overall safety incidents. It is implemented by the Department of Energy (DOE).

BBS applies across a broad range of safety areas. 

It can be promoted on the production floor or in the office and is applicable off the job as well. BBS enhances some long used safety tools (management tours, housekeeping audits and safety meetings), thereby lowering the overall safety management cost.

BBS adds value to safety meetings and management tours that commonly focus on conditions. Companies that properly apply BBS see the return on Investment (ROI) of spending.

Safety resources directly  in the workplace, this also results in injury reduction.BBS gives line management the opportunity to prove and demonstrate their core values on the production floor, once a company becomes fluent in leading the safety process through a behavioural approach, it can transfer this experience into other business priorities, such as customer service, quality and absenteeism, making the implementation a spearhead to many business improvement.