BEHAVIOR BASED SAFETY & YOU!!! PART I

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BEHAVIOR BASED SAFETY YOU!!! PART I
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3 DISTINCT ELEMENTS OF SAFETY

• HUMAN ATTRIBUTES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITY,
  INTELLIGENCE, MOTIVES, ETC.
• .WHAT DO YOU KNOW
• WHAT CAN I DO
• .DOING IT WELL VS. JUST DOING IT

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3 DISTINCT ELEMENTS OF SAFETY II

• 2 WORK ENVIRONMENT (EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, MACHINES,
  PROCEDURES, FACILITES, ETC.)
• INDOORS/OUTDOORS (OSHANO SHADE PROVIDED NOT
  ENOUGH DRINKING WATER)

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3 DISTINCT ELEMENTS OF SAFETY III

• 3BEHAVIOR (WHAT PEOPLE DO)
• WE ARE ATTRACTED TO NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR
• WHO DROVE THE SPEED LIMIT THIS WEEKEND/TODAY?
• WHO TEXTED OR TALKED ON CELL COMING HERE TODAY ?
• WE PUSH THE ENVELOPE

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NEAR MISSES

• UNSAFE BEHAVIORS DONT ALWAYS RESULT IN ACCIDENTS
  
• NEAR MISSES ARE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT
  FUTURE ISSUES
• DONT IGNORE UNSAFE BEHAVIOR
• WE DO A LOT OF UNSAFE THINGS GET AWAY WITH IT..
  DOES THAT MAKE IT OK?
• EVENTUALLY IT WILL CATCH UP TO US

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What is Behavior Based Safety

• Human behavior causes most accidents
• Comfort
• Saving Time
• Convenience
• Lack of understanding and training
• Complacency
• Wrong Safety focus
• Celebrating production over safety

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SAFETY TOOLS NEEDED

• Safety Manual
• Procedures
• MSDS MANUALS
• PPE
• Observations
• Audits

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ACCEPTED PERCEPTIONS

• RIGHT HAND VS LEFT HAND

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BEHAVIORAL BASED SAFETY

• IT CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL STANDING ALONE
• IT IS AN ELEMENT TO BE USED IN COMBINATION WITH
  OTHER ELEMENTS
• CANT BE THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH
• ITS NOT A MAGIC BULLET OR SHORTCUT..

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INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.

• Incentive programs
• can give a wrong focus on safety and health.
• They will not improve the HSE
• It will just give us more fat cats

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FOUNDATION CONCEPTS

• It is better to slay a dragon than to teach
  people ways to live peacefully with him!!!
• WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL
  BEHAVIORALBASED SAFETY PROGRAMS???

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TRADITIONAL..

• TYPICALLY A TOP-DOWN APPROACH
• FOCUS ON REGUALTIONS PROCEDURES
• TREATS SYMPTOMS
• EXTERNAL ENFORCEMENT
• DO AS I SAYJUST DO IT BUT WHEN BACK IS
  TURNEDTHEY WILL DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO

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BEHAVIORAL BASED..

• IS A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH
• FOCUS ON EMPLOYEE BEHAVIORS
• ADDRESSES ROOT CAUSES
• INTERNAL ENFORCEMENT

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BY THE NUMBERS

• ACCIDENT/INCIDENT
• INCIDENTS.600
• PROPERTY DAMAGE... 30
• MINOR INJURY10
• LOST-TIME INJURY.1
• CHANGE BEHAVIOR AT 600 LEVEL YOU CAN PREVENT
  THE OTHER 3 RESULTING ITEMS

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THE COST

• FOR EVERY 1.00 OF DIRECT COSTS FOR
  INJURY/ILLNESS THERE ARE UP TO 100.00 OF
  INDIRECT COSTS

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BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS I

• WHAT ARE BEHAVIORS?
• ARE BEHAVIORS OBSERVABLE?
• ARE BEHAVIORS INHERENTLY GOOD OR BAD?

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BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS II

• BEHAVIORS RESULT IN POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE
  CONSEQUENCES FOR WORKERS.
• IMMEDIATE, SURE GOOD CONSEQUENCES REINFORCED.
• IMMEDIATE, SURE BAD CONSEQUENCES REFUTED.

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Unsafe Acts vs. Unsafe Conditions
80-85 of all incidents are the result of unsafe
acts 15-20 of all incidents are the result of
unsafe conditions. Question If true, why are
most efforts geared towards unsafe
conditions? Answer Its easier to deal with
unsafe conditions than unsafe acts.
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THE CHALLENGE..

• REALIZE THE VALUE OF DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY