Safe Habits

This is Not Your Parents' Behavior-Based Safety SystemBehavior-Based Safety (BBS) is a system for developing safe habits at work that has evolved and improved since its inception over 40 years ago. Innovations in BBS include: focusing on serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs), recognizing the pivotal role of leadership, and adopting a systems approach to understanding at-risk behavior. These innovations combined with its deep roots in the science of behavior (Behavior Analysis) have...
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This is Not Your Parents' Behavior-Based Safety SystemBehavior-Based Safety (BBS) is a system for developing safe habits at work that has evolved and improved since its inception over 40 years ago. Innovations in BBS include: focusing on serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs), recognizing the pivotal role of leadership, and adopting a systems approach to understanding at-risk behavior. These innovations combined with its deep roots in the science of behavior (Behavior Analysis) have resulted in BBS continuing to be a highly effective element of any organization's overall Safety Management System.Authors Bart Sevin and Judy Agnew provide a current framework for BBS that reflects its evolution and history of continuous improvement. They explore critical elements needed for the effective practice of BBS that will establish safe habits at all levels, advance organizational safety culture, and serve as a platform for organizational improvements that reach beyond safety.Whether readers are experienced with BBS or new to the game, Safe Habits offers an updated approach that gives all practitioners a distinct advantage and helps keep workers safe in today's environment. Safety is behavior!