BEHAVIOR BASED SAFETY &
YOU!!!
DP WORLD MUNDRA
June 2021
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3 DISTINCT ELEMENTS OF SAFETY
1. 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,
facilities, etc.)
…Indoors/outdoors (osha…
no shade provided & not
enough drinking water)
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3 DISTINCT ELEMENTS OF SAFETY III
3…BEHAVIOR: (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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Human behavior is both:
Observable
Measurable
therefore
Behavior can be managed !
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NEAR MISSES:
Unsafe behaviors don’t always result in accidents
Near misses are golden opportunities to prevent
future issues
Don’t 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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What is Behavior Based Safety
An excellent tool for collecting data on the quality of a
company’s safety management system
A scientific way to understand why people behave the
way they do when it comes to safety
Properly applied, an effective next step towards creating
a truly pro-active safety culture where loss prevention is
a core value
Conceptually easy to understand but often hard to
implement and sustain
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SAFETY TOOLS
NEEDED:
Safety Manual
– Procedures
– MSDS Manual
– 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
Can’t be the flavor of the month
It’s 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 &
BEHAVIORAL–BASED SAFETY PROGRAMS???
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TRADITIONAL……..
Typically, a top-down approach
Focus on regulations & procedures
Treats symptoms
External enforcement
Do as i say…just do it… but when back is turned…they 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 injury…10
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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Safety Contests s
Committees
Meetings &
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Awards
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Behavior Based Safety
Safety
Activities
Fewer at-risk
Behaviors
Fewer
Accidents
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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: It’s easier to deal with unsafe conditions
than unsafe acts.
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THE CHALLENGE…..
REALIZE THE VALUE
OF DOING THINGS
THE RIGHT WAY
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Basic Safety Norms/Terms:
• Unsafe Act
• Unsafe Condition
• Nearmiss
• Accident
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Benefits of Behavior-based Approaches
• Average Reduction of Injury Frequency
Implementation of
BBS
• After 1 year 34%
• After 2 years 44%
• After 3 years 61%
• After 4 years 71%
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Why Implement BBS?
• Safety is about people.
• Compliance is not sufficient.
• Consequences drive behavior.
• Motivating
• Performance Feedback
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By working
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SafeTogether:
• We embrace a risk reduction approach in our
decisions;
• We empower personnel to speak up, act and stop
any task that presents an unacceptable level of
risk;
Remember that a ‘serious injury and fatality-free’ work
environment will only be possible if we work together…
this can only be accomplished when we are
SafeTogether.
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Focus ‘3’ – SIF Awareness and Prevention Program
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Are You Ready for Behavior-Based Safety?
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Thank you
