Behavior-based
Safety (BBS)
What is behavior-based
safety?
Proactive approach to safety
and health management
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
Behavior Base Safety
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
Careless Approach
I Hope Main Switch is Off
At Risk Behavior
No Attention
At Risk Behavior
Over Confidence
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
Foster mutual respect and support
3b
The Safety Triad
4a
Vision
To become an accident free organization.
Continuous improvement to achieve
a) ‘ Zero Accident’
Behavior Base Safety
Behavior Base Safety
Critical behaviors and
barriers to safety
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
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
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
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
At Risk Behavior
Eye Injury due to Contact
Lens
Do Not Use
Contact Lenses.
Wear Safety Goggle
The “DO IT” process
Define behaviors
Observe behaviors
Intervene
Test the intervention
7a
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
Behavior Base Safety
Think & Practice Safety
It could save your life
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