Behavior Based Safety (BBS)
Proactive Approach to Injury Prevention & Create a
Safety Culture among the plant )
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Behavior Based Safety (BBS)
Approach used in various industries to promote safe
behaviors among workers.
Focuses on observing, analyzing, and modifying
behaviors to prevent accidents and injuries at workplace.
Determine the root causes of unsafe behaviors.
Aims to create a safety culture to prevent accidents.
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Why BBS?
Environment
Person
Human Behaviour
o Comfort-
o Saving Time-
o Convenience-
o Lack of understanding and training-
o Complacency-
o Wrong Safety focus-
o Celebrating production over safety-
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Why BBS?
Heinrich's Theory of Accident Causation.
• Negligence of unsafe act/conditions may leads to accidents (major injury or fatal)
• 1 serious injury/fatal or 29 minor injury against 3000 unsafe acts/conditions
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BBS – Importance
• Focus on prevention
• Empowerment of employees
• Cultural Transformation
• Identification of root causes
• Continues Improvement
• Cost Reduction
• Compliance and Reputation
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BBS – Steps
Observatio Observe and identify unsafe behaviors
Step-1 or conditions in the workplace.
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The observed behaviors and conditions are
Step-2
Analysis
analyzed to understand why they occur and
what factors contribute to them.
Based on the analysis, interventions are
Step-3
Intervention
implemented to modify behaviors and
conditions to make the workplace safer.
Feedback is provided to employees regarding
Step-4
Feedback &
their safe behaviors, and positive
reinforceme reinforcement is used to encourage continued
nt adherence to safety protocol.
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BBS- Implementations
Commitment from Leadership
Training and Education
Identification of critical behaviors
Observation and data collection
Feedback and coaching
Recognition and rewards
Continuous improvement
Communication and participation
Integration with existing systems
Evaluation and measurement
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ABC Model
A (Antecedent) B (Behaviour) C (Consequence)
An event that occurs after a
A stimulus or event that
Any action that a behavior. The consequence
manifests prior to and
person does or says could be desirable or
may result in the
Examples; Failure to undesirable in future,
behavior.
wear safety helmet. depending on its reinforcing
Examples; goals, peer
Lack of regard to positively or negatively.
pressure, workload, lack
safety rules Short- Examples; Recognition,
of training, supervision,
cuts Task completion, Goals
etc.
achieved, Reward, etc.
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BBS- Conclusions
Holistic & proactive approach to workplace
safety management
Employe employees to actively participate in
safety initiatives
It enables to identify trends, patterns and
areas for the improvements in safety
performance
Cost saving, improved productivity, regulatory
compliances and enhanced organizational
reputation
Fostering safety culture
Mitigate risks and create safer work
environments
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