Behavior-based

Safety (BBS)
BBS
❖ Prashant Deore
❖ EHS DEPT

❖ Prashant.deore@rediffmail.com
What is behavior-based
safety?
❖ Reflects a proactive approach
to safety and health
management

❖ Reflects a proactive
approach to injury
prevention

1a
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

1b
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
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
3a
The corporate safety
culture
❖ Encourage individual
participation

❖ Empower employees to set and

achieve their own goals

❖ Foster mutual
respect and support

3b
The Safety Triad

4a
Critical behaviors and
barriers to safety
❖ At-risk behaviors that lead to
serious injury or fatality
❖ 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
5a
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
5b
Motivation
❖ Motivation is built on a solid
corporate culture

6a
Motivation
❖ Some examples of motivational
influences that can take
precedence over motivation
include:
• an individual’s self worth
• a secure work environment
• desire for achievement

6b
Motivation
❖ Some examples of motivational
influences that can take
precedence over motivation
include:
• desire for recognition
• how employees feel about their
jobs in general

6c
Motivation
❖ Lack of motivation often
centers around attitudinal
problems

❖ Address the motivational

influences to increase energy
and enthusiasm

6d
Motivation
❖ Key motivational points include:
• asking employees for their input
• holding morale-building meetings
• providing employees with the tools
they need to do their work
• recognizing personal needs

6e
Motivation
❖ Key motivational points include:
• providing employees with
challenging tasks
• privately recognizing employees
for good work
• fostering a sense of community at
your facility

6f
The “DO IT” process
❖ Define behaviors

❖ Observe behaviors

❖ Intervene

❖ Test the intervention

7a
Principles of
behavior-based safety
❖ Focus intervention on
observable behavior

❖ Look for external factors to

understand/improve behaviors

❖ Direct with activators and

motivate with consequences
8a
Principles of
behavior-based safety
❖ Focus on positive
consequences to motivate
behavior

❖ Apply the scientific method to

improve intervention

8b
Principles of
behavior-based safety
❖ Use theory to integrate
information, not to limit
possibilities

❖ Design interventions with

consideration of internal
feelings and attitudes

8c
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